An Act of Surrender

by Bela Zecker

They say it hits you like a tonne of bricks. Like Someone's simultaneously sucker punched you in the stomach and kicked you in the knees with a steel-toed boot. They say everything that came before the news will flash before your eyes as some kind of rose-tinted reel. But me? I don't feel much at all...

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Winter 2016GoldDust Editors
A Not So Little Girl

by Nicola Scott

Keira means 'dark', nice choice of name for your little girl. It gets better though. Mallory means 'unfortunate'. I asked my mum once if she knew what both names meant. She said yes, but Mallory was grandma’s fault, as she was the one who married a Mallory...

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Winter 2016GoldDust Editors