Lauren lives in Birmingham, loves rainbows and is often drunk on inspiration. Her work has been published by Word Bohemia, Synaesthesia Magazine, Bare Fiction, Inkapture, Visual Verse, Short Story Sunday and Storgy Magazine where she is a contributing writer.
The sun is too hot today, the world too bright. I shield my eyes as I check the washing, feeling the cotton-thin clothes flapping, multi-coloured sails in the wind. They make a heavy slap slap slap sound as I inspect every garment hanging there. I walk through socks and underwear, past t-shirts and towels to…
Her name was Minnie. That was all. Just Minnie. No surname or nickname like the others had, just a single word. Clean. Perfect. She stood with her back against the wall, a long-handled spoon in her mouth reflecting the blinding rays of the sun. An empty yoghurt carton lay at her feet. She viewed the…
As soon as she blinked the light went out. Not a fizz, hiss or crackle as the glow disappeared, dwindling to a tiny dot, a lone star in the sky before vanishing completely. She repeated the action, blinking once, twice, thrice, focussing on the item in question. First up, a single light bulb suspended overhead,…
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