Featured on Radio - Elmer and Louise
My daydreams of escape and relief at having left the office were disturbed shortly after I arrived at the bus stop. My disturber was a...
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Lesley Atherton
Nov 25, 202012 min read
Featured on Radio - Bigheart
1. The Letter “Hi, Nathan, Sorry about the drama of sending a secret letter, but I figured I don’t have much to lose. I’m Luci, the ‘big...
Lesley Atherton
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Featured on Radio - Queen of Hearts
‘Love you, angel,’ I said and kissed my darling baby girl on her left cheek as her father kissed her on the right. One photographer...
Lesley Atherton
Nov 12, 20209 min read
Featured on Enjoy Radio - Be Grand
Purple heather crackles under my mud-crusted feet as I tramp downwards towards our beloved, grey dwellings. The rain begins to fall, and...
Lesley Atherton
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Featured on Radio - Green is the Sky
Featured on Words and Music episode 5 Green was the sky, and blue was the skyfall. Cobalt-bright and acid-sharp, the rain splattered...
Lesley Atherton
Sep 16, 20202 min read
Featured on Radio - The Girl With the Flaxen Hair
On Words and Music episode 005 A large, cavernous room, parquet-floored with velvety forest-green walls. Paintings in a gallery....
Lesley Atherton
Sep 12, 20204 min read
Featured on Radio - The Zoo (Capybara)
The zoo was too small and looked underfunded. Scruffy, even. And, to a person who is very torn about the whole issue of keeping animals...
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