Shortlisted: London Short Story Prize 2018 ‘Like A Blooming Discotheque’

Anyone familiar with the northbound M6 motorway will recognise the iconic Forton motorway service station, built in the 1960s. Memories of this structure inspired me to write a story about a fractured family, the inconsistency of memory, and a father’s complex love for his daughter, woven around a split time-frame.