Mel Jayne, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:39:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mel Jayne, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 November https://hyacinthreview.org/mel-jayne-november/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mel-jayne-november Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=6711 I remember the fire, taller than the year before. All the tree cuttings and old pallets were stacked into a crooked tower at the end of Lia’s garden. The sky was shifting from twilight to the dark of night as everyone poured out of the house, wrapped up in thick, rustling coats and woollen hats.…

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