A Reading from ‘Look Up’ by Kate Barden
‘She couldn’t pull the thin blanket up to snuggle down as it was gripping the far end of the bed with all its might.’
‘She couldn’t pull the thin blanket up to snuggle down as it was gripping the far end of the bed with all its might.’
Two golden curls escape the confines of Jessica’s straw hat and … Hazel pushes her own blonde locks back out of her eyes
The path gradually opened out into a clearing. An old wooden cabin … stood forlornly in the centre …
Imagine a world where you are confined to a living pod. You’re wearing a VR headset 24 hours a day.
“I heard the sea before I saw it and listened to the rhythmic sound I’d so longed to hear again. Jen and I’d loved it.
“Jess finished rolling out the pastry and started deftly turning a large potato in one hand, chipping small bite-sized chunks off with a knife before
“Doris sat in a rocking chair. The only light her fingers worked by was the blazing log fire in the hearth. The wind howled outside
“He became aware that he was awake and turned to look at Belle beside him. So close, so detached. Beautiful in the half light. He
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“It was far too dangerous for him to be at the beach at this hour. The night was his cover and the incoming tide his
“I can’t do justice with the right expressive words to get across to you the sensation of a heightened exuberant awareness. It’s like a kind