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Helen Laycock
Searching
Black Russian
The full moon made a bright hole
in the black sky as Laura stepped out, bare-footed.
‘Jasper,’ she called softly, her feet flattening the cool
grass as she trod.
Where was that cat?
Laura stopped.
The muted miaow had come from inside the weeping willow
which, in the darkness, stood hunched and caped in the centre of the lawn.
She fed her hand through the rattling curtain and parted
it, clutching her belly, still aching with six years’ loss. A child, luminous
and eerie with translucence, hollow-eyed, with flint-sharp cheekbones, sat
cross-legged, cradling the black cat – Richard’s idea of compensation.
About the Author
Helen
Laycock has written two
contrasting collections of short stories: Peace and Disquiet http://tinyurl.com/kg5stmw and Light Bites http://tinyurl.com/knnwsyp and she
is working towards compiling three more. She also has work included in: One
Word Anthology http://tinyurl.com/l86dod3
One
of her stories recently reached the shortlist of the final three at The Ryedale
Book Festival and she has enjoyed success in many other writing competitions,
both for short stories and poetry. Helen also writes children’s fiction and has
completed eight mystery/adventure books for 7 – 12-year olds. These and books
of humorous poetry for both adults and children can be found on her Author
Page. Helen Laycock has had several pieces featured on CafeLit.
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