Hands in pockets, his numb fingers toyed with trinkets: a beer mat with her phone number scrawled in eyeliner pencil from their first encounter, a pink ribbon from his baby-girl’s hair, a seashell proudly presented to him by his son. Tokens to carry on his journey.
Grave goods.
Issue 1
SHALLOW DRIFT
£4
Lee Stoddart has been shortlisted for the HG Wells Short Story Competition in 2013, 2015, and 2021. His writing has featured in several anthologies, including the national award-winning Green (2020), and has also been published in The Blue Nib and Le Menteur literary magazines.