Newcastle Herald short story competition 2019: The Things We Deserve

By Niko Campbell-Ellis
Updated January 6 2020 - 1:41pm, first published January 21 2019 - 11:16am
WORTH 1000 WORDS: The 2019 Herald short story competition is marking 20 years since Newcastle BHP steelworks closed. Entrants took inspiration from news photos.
WORTH 1000 WORDS: The 2019 Herald short story competition is marking 20 years since Newcastle BHP steelworks closed. Entrants took inspiration from news photos.

Alec came from the country, a place of clean air and open spaces. Ive never known a life like that, never drawn a breath that didnt tell the story of my town. He gusted into my life like the winds of his old home, blowing open sealed doors, leaving previously locked shutters banging.

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