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Short Works: Fairy by Julia Bell

Fairy by Julia Bell

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Lost in the woods, a mother and son meet a stranger on the path.

A mother and her young son are lost in the woods. And then they meet a stranger on the path… Read by Bryony Hannah.

A mother and her young son are lost in the woods. Things are beginning to go wrong. 

And then they meet a stranger on the path…

Read by Bryony Hannah.  

Julia Bell is the author of three novels - most recently The Dark Light - and three volumes of short stories. She is also co-editor of the Creative Writing Course book and a Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College, London.

Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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