My cheeks and heart turn red against the cream couch.
Hannah Retallick is from Anglesey, North Wales. She was home educated and then studied with the Open University, graduating with a First-class honours degree, BA in Humanities with Creative Writing …
Grief smells like wet clothes left in a washing basket.
Hannah Retallick is from Anglesey, North Wales. She was home educated and then studied with the Open University, graduating with a First-class honours degree, BA in Humanities with Creative Writing …
One.
Two. I’m serious.
Three. Right, I’m calling your mother.
Hannah Retallick is from Anglesey, North Wales. She was home educated and then studied with the Open University, graduating with a First-class honours degree, BA in Humanities with Creative Writing …
Act 1
I unlock the bungalow door and the smell hits me. Urine and lavender. I pause for a moment. Dear Granny, she was such a stinker. Lavender by name, Lavender by…scent. A walking predictability.
It isn’t urine, it’s …
‘You know when you walk into a posh hotel hallway, one with old red carpets, shiny stair banisters, and a smell of furniture polish?’ you say. ‘And perhaps the scent of an important woman who’s just breezed through? It’s like …
Cheese meets Burger. They embrace each other. An instant romance.
Hannah Retallick is from Anglesey, North Wales. She was home educated and then studied Creative Writing with the Open University. She was shortlisted in the Writing Awards at the Scottish …
Old Mr E. told everyone what he’d done. We shouldn’t have been surprised. He was always stopping to grumble while we pulled weeds from our gardens, queued to pay for our shopping, or entered the pharmacy as he was collecting …
The smoke starts to seep into the room and the unbearable heat make my skin shrivel and crackle. We wrap our arms around our munchkins, who say nothing, do nothing. Their faces are much more serene than you’d imagine, but …
Me: Got this crazy idea.
You: Do it.
Me: Okay.
Hannah Retallick is a twenty-seven-year-old from Anglesey, North Wales. She was home educated and then studied Creative Writing with the Open University. She was shortlisted in the Writing Awards at …
I left the house as soon as the rain cleared. St Ives harbour was empty. As far as my creaky body would allow, I rushed to be there before anyone else had a chance to respond to the change of …