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Helen Laycock
Filling the Space
Aqua Libra
It was the red hat
that gave him away. I would have recognised it anywhere. He had his back to me,
but I knew it was him standing there, fishing, near the bridge. Fishing had
been his life.
I recollected his smile… those dimples, those twinkling eyes. Now that
I’d found him, I knew I just couldn’t leave.
I
straddled the fence of number forty-seven and scooped him up in my arms.
‘Time to come home, Norris,’ I whispered, kicking the head off one of
hers as I leapt over the fishpond with the gnome she had stolen from me.
About the Author
Helen
Laycock has written eight children’s mystery/adventure books, a couple of
poetry books and three collections of short stories for adults, one of which
includes flash fiction. She has had around thirty wins/shortlistings for poetry
and short stories, successes including Words With Jam, The Ryedale Book
Festival, Writing Magazine, Writers’ News, Writers’ Forum, Flash500, Thynks Publications, Erewash Writers and
various online contests. She has a story published in An Earthless Melting Pot (Quinn Pub.), four pieces in the One Word Anthology by Talkback Writers
(Alfie Dog Pub.), several entries in The
Aspiring Writers 2013 Winners Anthology (Blue Dragon Press) and a poem in Songs of Angels (Thynks Pub.). She is a
regular contributor to 100-worders on the CafeLit website and is featured in The Best of CafeLit 2013.
I love it! Norman will be so glad to be home☺
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lizy! I'm sure Norris will be pretty happy about it too :)
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