Category: ADVENT STORIES ’23
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Advent Story #8 | This Damn Morning
Hendrix was having a pisser of a morning that continued from the night before and it had nothing at all to do with a wild night spent in a woman’s bed, something he hasn’t done in over two decades, or from a hangover after a late one with the guys, something he did once a…
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Advent Story #7 – Heart of Glass and Ice
‘Dad we need to talk.’ Francis has been following the story of his daughter’s unravelling life, he did not expect to hear from her, they have not spoken in twenty years, since she refused his offer to walk her down the aisle. Despite her position in the company their paths hardly ever cross and when…
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Advent Story #6 | Into the Woods
There is a gentle knock on Ife’s door, something she is not expecting, because she is not expecting anyone. Besides, no one knows her here, although she has made friends with Valentina the ice cream shop owner, she does not know where she lives. She answers anyway. ‘Bonasera.’ ‘Bonasera.’ It is not the ice-cream shop…
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Advent Story #5 – Comment Section
‘Do you see what they are saying about her?’ Zoya has not stopped reading the comment section of the many tabloids in as many days. The talk with their father turned everything on its head for them, it really was not what it seemed, and she wanted to beat up every single person talking shit…
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Advent Story 4 – Ice Cream for Breakfast
It has been four days since she blew up her life and Ife has not gotten out of bed, except to bathe and change from one cashmere set to another. The wind rustles outside her windows, and she burrows further into the bed, beneath the duvet. This house is cold. Are Italians allergic to heating?…
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Advent Story #3 | The Kids Are Not Okay
News breaking this morning is of the Labour MP and future leader of the party as the polls stand, Tristan Walden the third’s affair with one of his wife’s best friend Rellie Anderson. Details are still unfolding about the affair, but it is supported by video evidence of the two of them kissing in a…
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Advent Story #2 | Broken Home
The minute Tristan walks into his home, he knows Ife is not there. He didn’t expect she’d be, he hoped she would, so they can talk, but he did not expect she would be. He spent the night with Zainab, Rellie and Jacob war gaming the fallout from the story about to break but they…
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Advent Stories | #1 – Secrets. We All Have Them
Ife started to breathe easy as soon as the plane was in the air, well, easy is putting it lightly because take off is her least favourite part of flying. However, in relation to everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours, she is breathing easy. Her life had been blown to bits and…