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Rue Baldry lives in York UK, has an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds University and has been a The Bridge Awards Emerging Writer and a Jerwood/Arvon mentee. Her short stories have appeared in publications such as The Mighty Line, The Incubator, The First Line, Mslexia and The Honest Ulsterman.

Macro-Fiction

Peach

Issue No. 265 ~ June, 2019

He stroked his thumb over it. He remembered this from childhood. Pale shades of orange with a down. It was years since he’d had a fresh peach like this. None in the trenches. Tinned peaches had been an occasional luxury. They’d blown the French orchards …