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Jamie Lackey’s story “Shadows on Glass” was published on Friday, 4 August 2017.
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Shadows on Glass – Jamie Lackey
It seemed impossible that the war had left a single thing untouched. And yet, here she was, familiar boards creaking under her bare feet, familiar smell of hotcakes and burnt coffee wafting from the kitchen. And in front of her, corn swayed in the summer morning breeze, just like it always had. If she closed her eyes, she could almost hear her brothers shouting at each other. But she could also almost hear injured soldiers …
