We met how people like to say they meet.
It was sudden, by chance. We didn’t swipe, text, set a date.
I knew his face before his name.
A short story commissioned for BBC Radio 4. Aired April 2021. Available to listen to here.
Leila was skilled at speaking nothing. Her responses were like reflections in a shop window, cast back but not identical.
A short story commissioned for The Fence, published in May 2021. Available to read here.
there is no doubt, here it is, on the sign: Prawn chowder
prawn chowder
(words already unfamiliar but growing more distant as I say them in my head for a third time)
Shortlisted for The White Review’s 2018 short story competition. Available to read here.