Braking Distance

Autorentext

Calum Kerr is a short story and flash-fiction writer living in Southampton. He is an associate lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Winchester, the fiction editor of Gumbo Press who produce the bi-monthly literary e-magazine, Word Gumbo, and is the co-ordinator for National Flash-Fiction Day 2012. His stories have appeared in a number of journals and magazines and his current project, flash365, can be viewed online at flash365.blogspot.com. More information can be found at www.calumkerr.co.uk. D;

Klappentext

Motorway Service Stations are places where people pass through on their way to somewhere else: somewhere better, somewhere brighter. But every traveller has a tale to tell, a story of their own, and sometimes they're not what you'd expect. Braking Distance is a glimpse beneath the surface.

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Two Households, Both Alike Take a Break Virtuous Patience Routine Constant Vigilance 1 Closing the Circle Justified Violence The Pain of Frustration Constant Vigilance 2 The Gateway to Peril Extrinsic Justice A Story of More Woe Immanence Undercover Surveillance Hot and Cold You Caught My Eye The Centre Cannot Hold (a Simple Tray) Intervention