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‘Justin David's prose crackles with the broken dreams and grotesqueries of suburbia...’ Alex Hopkins, Beige Magazine
A short story by Justin David
It’s Christmas day. Jamie is back in suburbia, visiting from the new London home he shares with his boyfriend. Everything is as it always was: Nan is still mixing her drinks, the faux Grecian decorations are still where they always were and the awkward silences are still deafening. But this year Mum has made a few changes that not everyone is comfortable with. How will he cope? And will he discover he has more in common with his folks than he thought.
A short story by Justin David
It’s Christmas day. Jamie is back in suburbia, visiting from the new London home he shares with his boyfriend. Everything is as it always was: Nan is still mixing her drinks, the faux Grecian decorations are still where they always were and the awkward silences are still deafening. But this year Mum has made a few changes that not everyone is comfortable with. How will he cope? And will he discover he has more in common with his folks than he thought.
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First published July 30, 2013
About the author
Justin David
20 books94 followersJUSTIN DAVID is a writer and artist living and working in East London. After graduating from the MA Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College he completed a London novel, ‘The Pharmacist’, set in Shoreditch, about pleasure seekers derailed and looking for love in the wrong place.
His debut novella, The Pharmacist, will be released on June 1st by SALT Publishing as one of the first acquisitions in their Modern Dreams series.
Justin teaches and consults in the Arts in London and has advised the education department of the National Gallery on their schools provision. He is also a regular speaker on their Take One Picture programme.
His writing has appeared in numerous magazines, including Beige Magazine, Gay Times and short story anthologies: ‘The Next Wave’, Millivres, 2001, ‘City Secrets’, Crocus Books, 2002,‘Polari Online Magazine’, 2009, ‘Even More Tonto Short Stories’, Tonto, 2010. He has read at Royal Festival Hall for Paul Burston’s gay literary salon, Polari.
His photographic works have appeared on the pages of many magazines including: Time Out, Beige, Out There, Gay Times, Attitude, QX, GlitterWolf, Fluid, Pink Paper, Muso and Classical Music Magazine.
His debut novella, The Pharmacist, will be released on June 1st by SALT Publishing as one of the first acquisitions in their Modern Dreams series.
Justin teaches and consults in the Arts in London and has advised the education department of the National Gallery on their schools provision. He is also a regular speaker on their Take One Picture programme.
His writing has appeared in numerous magazines, including Beige Magazine, Gay Times and short story anthologies: ‘The Next Wave’, Millivres, 2001, ‘City Secrets’, Crocus Books, 2002,‘Polari Online Magazine’, 2009, ‘Even More Tonto Short Stories’, Tonto, 2010. He has read at Royal Festival Hall for Paul Burston’s gay literary salon, Polari.
His photographic works have appeared on the pages of many magazines including: Time Out, Beige, Out There, Gay Times, Attitude, QX, GlitterWolf, Fluid, Pink Paper, Muso and Classical Music Magazine.
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