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About the author:

Maria Kenny

Maria won the 2020 Bray Literary Festival and the 2019 Maria Edgeworth Short Story Competition.
Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in the journals Crannóg and Boyne Berries, also online internationally. She was longlisted for the WoW award 2016 and was shortlisted for the Kanturk Flash Fiction Competition2019. She also got a notable mention in Cúirt 2020 and was a semi-finalist in the LISP flash fiction competition 2020. She is also a featured writer for the online journal The Casket of Fictional Delights.

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Alone, naturally

A story by

Story type:

Flash Fiction

Story mood:

Bittersweet
Cynical

We moved in perfect union until our satisfying end. Your calloused fingertips caressed my face. I opened my mouth to speak but you placed a finger on my lips and shook your head. Instead I moved until my head lay on your shoulder. Gazing at the window, my legs rubbed against yours. I twisted under the covers, submerging myself in the scent of us, trying to imprint it onto my body. For after. The phone beeped several times rousing you. From the bed I watched as you dressed. My eyes closed as you opened your wallet.

THE END

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