Stop

Conall Walsh's story, "Stop," was selected a finalist in Short Edition's Button Fiction, spring 2019 contest. Conall is an Irish writer, actor and comedian based in Dublin. Audio performances of "Stop" and other pieces can be found on his Facebook page: conallwalsh123

Of the over 5,000 numbers in the English language, it is the number 14 alone that has come to hold a special place in my heart. I'm not a superstitious woman, or a woman at all for that matter. I am in fact a man, and not a very superstitious one at that. As such, I had never before taken heed of "lucky" or "unlucky" numbers or given into the idea that any particular number has some sort of existential significance. That was until I saw her standing across the road from me, waiting to get on the number 7 bus. My bus, only it was going in the opposite direction. 7 and 7 make 14 and oh how I lon

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