John White

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“Blackout” by John White

Submitted to Contest #49

It was early December and cold with it. Rob had driven down from his place in the Chilterns and got me there just before the deadline. He’d been about to go out that evening and wore a long black jacket with square shoulders and embroidered cuffs over tapered trousers and pointed shoes. I’d not seen him for the best part of a year and felt bad about him seeing me in my stained orange sweater and cords with flecks of mud round the bottoms. At the same time I was kind of proud this elegant young guy of twenty four was my son.  I was hap...

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I have had eight short stories recently accepted for publication: ‘One evening’ published on-line by Platform for Prose http://www.platformforprose.com [Sent 8 October 2016 Accepted 12.2016] https://www.platformforprose.com/the-platform-vault ‘Boys’ night out’ published on-line in August 2018 for 2018 PESGB Newsletter under name Meg P Bembress http://www.philosophy-of-education.org/dotAsset/8f031449-f1a4-4e83-b49f-703f18697573.pdf ‘Lending a hand’ published by Woman’s Way (Ireland) 21 August 2018 under name May Swanow https://www.womansway.ie/home-away/2019/2/1/reader-fiction-lending-a-hand Republished on-line 8 April 2020 https://www.womansway.ie/main-blog/2020/4/8/reader-fiction-lending-a-hand ‘Good neighbours’ published by Woman’s Way (Ireland) 16 July 2019 under name May Swanow https://www.womansway.ie/home-away/2019/7/16/reader-fiction-good-neighbours Republished on-line 8 April 2020 https://www.womansway.ie/main-blog/2020/4/8/reader-fiction-good-neighbours ‘Law Enforcement’ published in November 2019 for 2019 PESGB Newsletter under name Meg P Bembress https://www.philosophy-of-education.org/dotAsset/0d9acef2-bd75-4db1-9510-5bfe89d369a5.pdf page 36 ‘The Reunion’ published by The Weekly News November 9 2019 ‘The Meeting’ published by Woman’s Way (Ireland) Issue 47 November 18 2019 "Last Christmas' to be published by Woman’s Way (Ireland) Issue 49 December 2020