Robert Hollingworth

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“When You Look Into My Eyes” by Robert Hollingworth

Submitted to Contest #210

Jessie and I are soulmates, as they say; read each other like a book. She affectionately calls me Billy and we are rarely out of each other’s sight. We get along famously, apart from a rare disagreement, usually when Jess feels I have not quite met her expectations. In fact, the incident I am about to report is one of those times. On this occasion, my conduct was certainly less than prudent – but I must protest. My actions were purely instinctual – and in this day and age, I wonder if that isn’t a perfectly valid way to behave. The morn...

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Australian writer and visual artist. Author of eight books, many published essays and short stories, poems. ‘The Abstractionist’ 2018 won The London Magazine’s international short story prize, including a champagne reception at The House of Commons, UK. New trilogy: The Floating 2021, The Flying 2022, The Finding 2023 now available on Amazon and Kindle.