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Short Story

Homes For All

A short story by Stephen Loveless-Rees.

It is Tuesday and Ruth has arrived for work outside Slade & Summers Estate Agents. She stands solid in her long, green coat, against the rush of passing bodies late for their work. With her back to the office she bends down to the holdall at her feet and dips into its contents.

Like a conjuror producing tricks from a magic bag, Ruth begins to cover the pavement around her. First appears the glass vase her mother gave her as a wedding present over thirty years ago; this she fills with water from a plastic bottle.

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