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Luke Melia
Luke Melia lives in London and writes fiction in his spare time. His work has been highly commended in a number of competitions including the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest and the Bristol Prize. His story, 'The Application', features in the Highland and Islands Short Story Associations’ (HISSAC) Winners Anthology, published in December 2014. Earlier this year, his story 'The Novel Factory' was included in Unthology 6, an anthology of short stories by new and established writers published by Unthank Books. The same story had previously won second prize in the Writers' Village International Short Fiction Award Summer 2014.

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The Incidental

Prize Entry

April 2015

Luke Melia

Prize Entry

April 2015

The automatic rifle fire was followed by an unnerving whistle at Ti’s ear. He gripped the shopping bags, grabbed Lo Ling’s arm and pulled...

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July 2011

Herat

Sam Duerden

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July 2011

At Kabul airport, a man I mistook for a foreigner.   A security guard, red-haired with blue eyes and...

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November 2015

Anatomy of a Democracy: Javier Cercas

Duncan Wheeler

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November 2015

20 November marks the fortieth anniversary of the death of General Franco. And while the insurrectionist’s victory in the...

fiction

January 2013

Car Wash

Patrick Langley

fiction

January 2013

He is sitting on the back seat of a car, somewhere in France. It’s a bright blue day, absurdly...

 

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