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​​Dive in and explore some of Amy's published work.
​(Go on, you know you want to!) Though we should warn you: this stuff gets pretty dark...

SHORT STORIES

THE JOY OF FEELING
​a sociopath walks into group therapy and meets a narcissist.
​
​THE REHABILITATION OF SNAILS
​(available from Prole Books - issue 20)
one backstreet surgeon in a dystopian society, one unusual client that
changes his cynical view... Oh, and snails.
​​

8 PIECES OF A PERSON
​in the middle of the apocalypse, one boy is trying to find the girl he
​remembers.


​THE THIEF
​​time steals everything... and so do magpies.​​

FLASH FICTION

​A SLOW DROWNING AND THEN A LEAP
​you can't save everyone from drowning, especially when you're just a kid.

IN THE ABSENCE OF EYES
​'the year my daughter lost her eyes was the year the cat came'...

THE TEAR
​a black and white photograph brings back colourful memories.

OXYGEN / SCENE SETTING / STARS
​three very different takes on the theme 'atmosphere'.
(pages 27 & 28)


THE GIRL WITH CRIMSON HAIR
​a dark and bloody fairytale - just the way we like them!

BROKEN
​how would you put a broken man back together?

EDEN
​'I remember the plants in the Devil’s kitchen'...

OASIS
​through her senses, one woman tries to rediscover her sense of self.

THE SEA
​paradise is paradise, right? No matter what washes up on its shores.
​(page 4)
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OTHER BITS 'N' PIECES

​​INADVERTENT CONSUMPTION
​a poem about eating people. Obviously.
​

​PERSEPHONE
​a poem that swaps the Underworld for the London Underground.
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