Thomas Maloney - Learning to Die

‘Here we are. You and me.’

Natalie nods slowly. But her gaze drifts from her mother’s broad, comforting face to the window behind her. A winged cloud has caught the setting sun. Without touching her tea, she pushes back her chair, walks round to the window and opens it. The burning angel is already fragmenting. Cold air has never felt so good.

The ancient sideboard clock drip, drip, drips, emptying one vessel, perhaps, but filling another.

Natalie’s heart beats in time.

Thomas Maloney was born in Kent in 1979, grew up in London, and studied Physics at Oxford. His first novel, The Sacred Combe , was published in 2016. He lives in Oxfordshire with his family.

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