Introduction
This collection is a collection of seventy stories, each 280 words. They were inspired by the first picture seen on my Twitter feed on a given day.
We're all so good, every one of us. We have our culture and our history. You have your fine wines. They have the sunshine. Others are good at draining the seas, reclaiming the land and moving around by water.
"We're not going to be bossed around by you," they say, the quitters. "We'll do what we want to do and not what you tell us to do. Our ways are better than yours." Never mind that you took on board what we suggested and even came up with some of your own ideas that were at least as good as ours or perhaps even better.
Now the borders are shut. We can't visit, even if we want to. We can't emigrate for work. Even if we were allowed to in the future now we can't. Is this a taste of what it's could be like in the worst case scenario? I watch films of places in the sun and long for that glorious opportunity. It's raining here.
Can't we work together to stop this pestilence? Can't we exchange ideas? Can we learn from each other?
There are new ways now. Are we learning something? Do we have some of what you want and can we have some of your abundance? The bird that crosses the mountains pays no taxes.
About the author
Gill James is published by The Red Telephone, Butterfly and Chapeltown.
She edits CafeLit and writes for the online community news magazine: Talking About My Generation.
She teaches Creative Writing and has an MA in Writing for Children and PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.
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