edition one
Extract:
'Dr. Espinoza says remember what you learned, and I recall the restaurant in a sea of boarded windows. I ordered a quesadilla and read your texts. Sorry, I’m late, I need to find parking.'
Extract:
'There is an old Irish saying, ‘Ní insíonn galar fada bréag’ – a long illness doesn’t lie. That is to say, a prolonged illness will result in death.'
Extract:
'It’s a simple question, really. Who is your emergency contact, your next of kin? It’s a simple question and yet one I dread each time it’s asked.'
Extract:
'funerals are for the living. we see them as objects but they begin their lives as adjectives. accessories to grief. additions to the notion of rite.'
Extract:
'When the morning bell rings out we stride quickly on herringbone tile down the long and chilly south wing corridor, its pistachio walls papered with notices...'
Extract:
'Your arms break water, make dark and rhythmic circles in the pool of your Bangkok rooftop hotel. Continents away from me, from girls like me who asked you why.'
Extract:
'Bed. Sheets without sleep and the first birds.
Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in.
It covers milestones, signposts and crossroads'
Extract:
'There was a girl I used to know
who would swallow dive on to her
four poster bed...'
Extract:
'I have been reading books about chronic illness, the instability of it, the fear and uncertainty as your body slowly revolts and test after test comes back with no answers...'
Extract:
'Dreaming water. Water dreams. Swimming like an eel. A sheen on skin. Sleeping in a cabin as the world tips to grey. We hold on to our plates in the dining room...'
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