Jenny Benfield

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“The yellow overcoat” by Jenny Benfield

Submitted to Contest #96

If you looked at a map it would take you two hours to locate Scree. Small was not the word you use to describe the town, and neither was quaint. Perhaps desolate and lonely would be more fitting. Sat in the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, Scree was the home for a population of 2500. The High street ran from the bridge over the River Tee, directly north to the top of Scree Hill, where the local police station watched over the empty store fronts and abandoned cars. To the East of the High street, residential homes littered the edges ...

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