001Complete
Quiet mystery
The Coat She Left Behind
The coat had been hanging in the charity-shop window for three weeks before Ruth noticed the stitching inside its lining.
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A personal archive of stories in progress
The Cabinet of
Unfinished Stories
Some stories arrive complete. Others bring only a room, a voice or a sentence that will not leave. This is where I keep them all.
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A note from the keeper
“Every story deserves somewhere to wait.”
This cabinet is for stories in every stage of becoming. Some are complete. Some are fragments. Some may sleep inside their drawers for months before I return to them. They are kept here not because they are perfect, but because they exist.
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Each label tells you what state the story is in today. It may be different when you return.
002Unfinished
Memory
Three Horses Remembered
There were three horses in the field that morning, though by the time she reached the gate she could only remember the names of two.
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003Fragment
Domestic fiction
Everything in the Blue Tin
My mother kept buttons in the blue tin. At least, that is what she told us whenever we asked why we were not allowed to open it.
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004Continuing
Uncanny
A Small Light on the Moor
Every evening at six, the light appeared beyond the dry-stone wall. And every evening, it stood a little nearer.
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005Left as Found
A list of belongings
The Things She Took With Her
A red scarf. Two teaspoons. The photograph in which nobody was looking at the camera. Her good shoes, still dusty from June.
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The inventory
A record of what has been kept
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1stories complete
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