You are not serious when you are seventeen. You think you are, but you are not. You swear to love each other for ever in the darkness of the night and make love in the backseat of his Dad’s car. You think this is all there is and there will always be music swirling around you to provide a soundtrack for your life. You think summer always comes after the end of school and you have time to hide away from responsibilities and eat as much strawberry ice cream as you can because you will never get fat. You are suspended on a string of infinity, a shining pearl of possibilities. But strings are meant to be torn, ice creams to melt and summers to end. Summer love withers from the cold kiss of winter and just a year later the back seat listens to the drunken giggle of another girl.
Everyone at The Casket is hoping 2021 will be a better year than 2020. We have some great short stories and flash fiction lined up for your delight. We kick of the year with a story by Lydia Unsworth “The Smallest Boxes” and then for Valentine's we have a story by Dylan Brethour which will also be available as a podcast. Later in the summer we have a new Flash Fiction Summer Collection which will be published online and as podcasts read by Menna Bonsels and Richard Hodder. We hope you enjoy the stories we have for you and look forward to welcoming you back regularly.
Joanna & The Casket of Fictional Delights Team
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