WITH A shaky hand, she sipped her water. The wireless played a crackly ABC theme and an announcer reminded her it was now the twenty-fifth of January 1974. Mavis closed her eyes and nodded silently. Katie had been gone twelve years, one month, and thirteen days. [...READ ON]

Twelve Years, One Month, and Thirteen Days

First page of Twelve Years, One Month, and Thirteen DaysA digital short story by Simon Groth

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Rain thrums on the tin roof and the water is rising in Norman Creek, but Mavis Jolley isn’t going anywhere. More than twelve years after her disappearance, Mavis’s daughter Katie has returned. But is this really Katie or a grotesque distortion of Mavis’s undimmed grief?

Also available in Meanjin Magazine, 3/2006.

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