Goodbye
This piece was available to Kaló Taxídi subscribers during April 2024.
It was originally inspired by the cover of Twice Not Shy, Night Parrot Press, 2021 (edited by Laura Keenan and Linda Martin, cover design by Becky Chilcott).
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Sixty writers present new flash and micro stories
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Runner up: WA Love to Read Local Flash Fiction Competition, 2022.
Previously published in the Raine Square Short Story Dispenser, 2022.