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Short Works: The Death of Wildflowers

The Death of Wildflowers

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A short story from Scottish writer Helen McClory marking the primal shift of the seasons.

Nicola Ferguson reads a new piece from Scottish writer Helen McClory. In spring, a traveller finds the ebb and flow of the natural world carries on without human interference.

A woman in search of escape finds the primal rhythms of the natural world carry on with scant regard for human interference.
Read by Nicola Ferguson.

Helen McClory is a writer from Scotland who grew up between Edinburgh and the Isle of Skye. She has lived in Sydney, Australia and New York City. While in NYC, she worked as a dog walker and had the distinction of walking Lou Reed’s dog. Her books include the Saltire First Book Award-winning On the Edges of Vision, Flesh of the Peach, Mayhem & Death and The Goldblum Variations, a book of microfictions on Jeff Goldblum. Her interests include cooking and absurdism.

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