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    The Plankton Collector: A Novella
    The Plankton Collector: A Novella
    The Plankton Collector: A Novella
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    The Plankton Collector: A Novella

    By Cath Barton

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    A family already struggling is ung headlong apart from each other in grief....

    In this atmospheric novella, the mysterious Plankton Collector visits members of a family torn apart by grief and regret. He comes in di erent guises. For ten-year old Mary, he is Mr Smith who takes her on a train journey to the seaside. Her mot

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Welsh Review
    Release dateSep 26, 2018
    ISBN9781999770082
    The Plankton Collector: A Novella
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    Cath Barton

    Cath Barton was born in the English Midlands and now lives in Abergavenny, south Wales. Her short stories have been published in anthologies in Australia, the US and the UK, most recently in Normal Deviation (Wonderbox Publishing) and Nothing Is As It Was (Retreat West Books) and in literary magazines The Lonely Crowd and Strix. She is also active in the online flash fiction community. Cath was Literature Edtor of California-based Celtic Family Magazine (2013-2016). She was awarded a place on the 2018 enhanced mentoring scheme for writers run by Literature Wales, working on a collection of short stories inspired by the work of the sixteenth-century Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch.

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