A story I wrote in early April, About Time, is in the Summer 2020 issue of The London Reader.
Having my fiction selected for publication is a hugely exciting thing for me and this story is one I’m quite proud of having written. Although it’s a little nerve wracking to have people ACTUALLY reading it, if that makes any sense at all?
It’s a short short fictional story about a mysterious antique clock and the pandemic.
You can read About Time in two ways:
- Here is a PDF of the story on my Google Drive*: About Time
- Get a copy of that entire issue by filling out a Google form with your email address to request a complimentary copy from the magazine’s archives here: http://londonreader.uk/2020/06/quarantine/ and can locate in in the issue by navigating to page 90 in the PDF.
(*note: this post has been updated March 2026 to link to this story since my original links to the magazine’s social media posts or ways to buy a copy have since expired or lead to dead ends).
And if you like it, let me know!
BEAN & BANTAM 
Great writing, Daphne! I don’t know where you find time to do all you do! It hit a special cord with me, as I used to tinker with an old clock I found in a barn in my early teens. I also wrote a ditty when I was bored at my work study job in college. Calendars and clocks were made by men Who didn’t ask why, but when.
Thank you for sending. Can you also send link to Sara? I can’t quite figure out how to do that. Peter sent a card(?) for Jacobs birthday. I will forward it today. I thought he finally had your address, but perhaps not. Love, Aunty M
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