LONDON -- in LANDMARKS, NFFD Anthology 2015
I'm delighted to have a story in this year's National Flash Fiction Day anthology, LANDMARKS. It's great to be in the company of these writers: Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Calum Kerr, Ruth Doris, KM Elkes, James Coates, Shirley Golden, Anna Nazarova-Evans, Susan Howe, Joanna Campbell, Keith Gillison, Barbara Leahy, Jane Cooper, Oli Morris, SJI Holliday, James Norcliffe, Katie Stevens, Rob Walton, Kevlin Henney, Else Fitzgerald, Angela Readman, Jenny Woodhouse, Sarah Hilary, H Anthony Hildebrand, Amanda Quinn, Ian Shine, Tracey Upchurch, Nik Perring, Jane Roberts, Michelle Elvy, Jon Volkmer, Kate Mahony, Susan Carey (Angela Williams), Beverly C. Lucey, Mike Scott Thomson, Sandra Kohls, Michelle Keefe, Santino Prinzi, Emily Koch, Timothy Mark Roberts, Chris Stanley, Sonya Oldwin, Cath Barton, Richard Holt, Jamie Hubner, Bart Van Goethem, Nod Ghosh, Alex Reece Abbott, Tim Stevenson, Pauline Masurel, Angi Holden, Marie Gethins, Isobel Victoria Newham (Vicky), Jonathan Pinnock, Vanessa Savage, Emeline Morin, Cathy Lennon, Gemma Govier, Kirsten Anne McKenzie, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Cath Bore, Amy Mackelden. (Titles are also included on the NFFD blog.) Thanks to editors Calum Kerr and Angi Holden, and to Amy Mackelden and Tino Prinzi. An excerpt from my strange, fragmented little contribution:
London
Into the city, running with Ali. Sodium rain. Pre-bomb Victoria. Crowd sweating burgers and perfume. Jumping walls to the Birdcage, park lake breeze, night ripples. Running to the locked gate, climbing, sitting on the bridge, house on the island, who lives there?
LANDMARKS is published by Gumbo Press ISBN 9781514398081