It was the scalding parched summer of the ladybirds. Sweat made the child’s fringe cling to her forehead as she concentrated on the clunky metal sewing scissors in her small hand. She carefully cut her one-piece bathing suit across right the middle. She frowned as she saw how jagged the result was, but she had made herself a bikini, something she had always coveted.
‘Nobody will find out,’ she said.
Issue 11
LOW LIGHT
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Nuala McEvoy is from North West England but has lived abroad for many years. During the pandemic she started writing and painting, and since then has had her work published in several online journals and has participated in podcasts. She currently has an art exhibition in Münster, Germany.