The Anniversary - A cautionary tale in time of Lockdown

Chris Parkinson is a writer and poet. He has studied Creative Writing at the Open University. He has travelled extensively throughout Europe and South East Asia, but now lives outside London with his wife, a rescue dog and a feral cat. "The Anniversary - A cautionary tale in time of Lockdown" was shortlisted in Canary Wharf's Writing Competition, summer 2020, with the theme of "quarantine."

Nowadays, Maisie spends most of her time looking out of their bedroom window. She's arranged the furniture so she can observe the outside world in comfort. A chair from the back room pulled to one side of the window. A pair of binoculars on the window ledge in case she spies anything of interest, and a notebook and pen to record it for future reference.Nicholas's small bed lies undisturbed beside her chair. The cat hasn't been upstairs recently, preferring instead to sit on Stan's lap in the lounge while he watches DVDs of Dads' Army. Stan has every episode of every series, and he watches them

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