Tom Jones

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“Absolution” by Tom Jones

Submitted to Contest #278

The tour has been cut short and rumours run that the money is gone. Some say the sword swallower cleaved off the promoter’s ear as collateral, that he is wearing it about his neck on a string. Down their shivering flanks the lions’ ribs are showing. The tamers know that soon the beasts will turn. Pavel leaves the horse on the outskirts of the camp. All the way to the Big Top, the winter mire sucks at his boots. He asks the clowns. “I am looking for my brother, Pyotr, The Ringmaster.” The mime hocks and spits on the name. He peels up a corn...

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Tom Henry Jones is a writer and teacher living on Dja Dja Wurrung Land. He writes dark fables. He loves Claire Keegan, Hilary Mantel, Cormac McCarthy and Natalia Ginzberg.