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Solstice Shorts - Sixteen Stories About Time - cover

Solstice Shorts - Sixteen Stories About Time

David Mathews, Dizz Tate, Tannith Perry, Andrew Gepp, Cindy George, David Turnbull, Emma Timpany, Sarah Evans, William Davidson, Pippa Gladhill, Helen Morris, Jayne Pickering

Publisher: Arachne Press

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Summary

Sixteen short stories that chart the meaning of time, and explore what it can do to us, and for us.

Broken hearts, lives lived on fastforward, missed chances, and catastrophic meetings on the road. Time stolen, time wasted, time captured and time lost. A warning from the past, a second that changes a life, a failed glimpse into the future and a study of funeral rites. Ready-made families, weekly liaisons, and an all-night radio show.

From the First ever Solstice Shorts Festival originally read live in 2014 on the Greenwich Meridian, on the shortest day of the year, from sunrise to sunset.
Available since: 11/28/2014.
Print length: 160 pages.

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