Tag: Liverpool writing
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I must be Miss Liverpool!
How far would you go to become somebody? I Must Be Miss Liverpool is a satirical flash fiction story by Liverpool writer and artist Alison Little. Performed at The Athenaeum during LightNight 2019, it explores beauty pageants, celebrity culture, ambition and the desperate pursuit of status through the increasingly obsessive thoughts of a young finalist.
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Park Benched
Park Benched is a flash fiction piece set in Stanley Park, Liverpool, narrated by a park bench that silently observes an encounter between two men. The story centres on a university student—confident in his sexuality as a gay man, yet uncertain about how that identity should be lived—capturing the tension between openness, naivety, and vulnerability…
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Love of the Second Hand
A chance visit to a charity bookshop on Liverpool’s Smithdown Road stirs childhood memories of Arabian Nights, cassette tapes, and the magic of being read to. When a half-heard song leads to an unexpected conversation with a stranger, books become a bridge between generations—parenthood, music, feminism, and nostalgia quietly intertwining. Love of the Second Hand…