Weak Teeth

‘To be born with teeth is to be born with either a curse or a blessing to mankind’

She’s still so new

the kitchen counter

She’s in the mood for a quick and comforting dinner, pasta with capers and olive oil. Adrian prefers something more substantial. There are beef strips in the fridge. She’s been avoiding them to spare a tooth recently turned tender. The meat is about to pass its sell-by date and

She won first place in the Fresh Ink novel contest in 2020, a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015, a spot as Cove Park’s Emerging Scottish Writer in 2016 and a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in 2013.

Redundancy hit her hard.

novel contest in 2020, a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015, a spot as Cove