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    Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories
    Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories
    Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories
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    Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories

    By Stuart Page

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    When You Finish depicts a young man who, due to a technicality, is certain that he isn't gay.
    The Caller is the story of a woman, named Steph, who is woken up in the night by a suspicious knocking at her door.
    You Only Hold Me When You're Cold is the tragic story of a hot water bottle left wanting more from its owner.

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    Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories contains some themes of sex, violence, and death. This collection is meant for mature audiences.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStuart Page
    Release dateJan 15, 2018
    ISBN9781370785070
    Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories
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    Stuart Page

    I'm an English and Creative Writing graduate who lives in Todmorden, U.K. I've been a waiter, an English teacher, and a supermarket checkout boy. Through all of that, I have continued to write fiction of many genres. I spend my spare time playing the guitar and swearing at video-games.

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      Sunrise on Birdcage Walk, and Other Flash Fiction Stories - Stuart Page

      Sunrise on Birdcage Walk,

      and Other Flash Fiction Stories.

      Stuart Page

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      Copyright 2018 Stuart Page

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      Sunrise on Birdcage Walk

      Table of Contents

      Gaze

      Sure-footed

      Beneath the Plant Pots

      Forward Momentum

      When You Finish

      Just Like Magic

      Board Game Night

      Neko, Neko

      Survivalist

      Don't Wanna Be a Waiter

      Drag

      Tour De Yorkshire

      Keeping in Rhythm

      Hiroki

      The

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