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Christmas Requiem from Cracker

If you're looking for stories that celebrate a whole host of different takes on Christmas, Cracker is for you. Julia Archer casts back to a very different kind of Christmas in 1974 in her story 'Christmas Requiem'.   Christmas Requiem Julia Archer At two a.m. on Christmas morning the roof tore off with a drawn-out scream of ripping sheet iron. It drowned out the thunder and woke the children. Sick with terror, almost paralysed, Grant and…

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An extract from 'Here Where We Live' by Cassie Flanagan Willanski

Cassie Flanagan Willanski's debut collection Here Where We Live is one of our must-reads for the year. Winner of the Unpublished Manuscript Award back in 2014, it received high praise from the judges for its 'subtle, assured writing that deftly weaves dialogue and description and expertly uses imagery to plumb the depths of its protagonists’ emotions'. Brian Castro said 'I was moved and I was haunted', and we agree. We'd like to share one of our…

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