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This edition published in Great Britain in 2009 by Flax, Storey Institute,Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH. Tel: 01524 62166.All works © their respective authorsUnsaid Undone © FlaxAll rights reserved: no part o this publication may be reproduced, storedin a retrieval system, or transmitted, by any means, electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission o thepublisher and the individual creators.Flax is the publishing imprint o LitestLancaster and District Festival Ltd. trading as Litest.Registered in EnglandCompany Number: 1494221Charity Number: 510670Editor: Sarah HymasDesign and Layout: Martin Chester at LitestPhotography: Jonathan Bean/Litest
 
The North West is a veritable hotbed or literary talent right now, andFlax provides a vital and innovative showcase or that talent. Here, weencounter ve distinctive voices that are making waves ar beyond theregion. With their ocus on the inner lie and an agile use o language,they blur the borders between prose and poetry.Andrew Michael Hurley’s
The Kelpie 
is an evocative description o a brother and sister recovering childhood memories in rural Scotland;at a time when their ather would make “ladies knuckle away tears”with a tune on his harmonica. Brevity belies depth in John Siddique’sslant refection o humanity,
Prism 
, and Annie Clarkson’s Short Shorts:startling snapshots o “coat-hanger men” and a girl in a lime green vest top. Marita Over cleverly invites us to read between the lines o a seemingly small domestic drama to discover a chilling back storyin
Bread 
. Brindley Hallam Dennis’s richly observed
The Bath Scene 
isinused with an undercurrent o repressed longing.A melancholic mood pervades the stories in the aptly titled
Unsaid Undone 
– they are ull o mourning or lost innocence or lostopportunities – but it is an intensity o eeling you want to indulge in.
Cathy Bolton Director, Manchester Literature Festival 
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