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Previously a newspaper and magazine journalist in Scotland and London, Allison Meldrum has had multiple short stories published and has also contributed to two short story anthologies, Tolerance and Autumn, through her involvement in Transcendent Authors. Allison’s debut novel was The Life I Owe Her and she is currently working on Keep Her Safe (working title) – the first in a new crime thriller series.
Kirkaldy, Fife, 1994
Even from a young age,Maggie Shields knew her mind wasn’t normal.She suspectedit was filled with concerns that were different to your average seventeen-year-old.The pals she knew from her hometown on Scotland’s East coastwere preparing for uni or packing rucksacks for a year in the jungle.Those from the ‘rougher’ side of town (Maggie’s side of town)were either job hunting or chasing proposals before any ‘stupid wee accidents’ wereBut, even if she could choose her start in life, neither category would appeal to Maggie.There was no club she wanted to be a member of.Her seventeen-year-old brainhad no time for reading or trapping local boysinto playing happy families before they’d had time to ‘Go pure radge’ for a bit and get it out of their system.It wasn’t just lack of global or domestic ambition
