Caldwell
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I have 171 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 173935 times
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Christopher Caldwell
I grew up in England and have since made a home in France, on the banks of the Loire. My writing explores how family, place, and history leave their traces on us.
My stories
The bird with no beak
If you weren’t looking closely, you just wouldn’t see— Not all birds looked the same high up in the tree. Feathers? Check. Claws? Check. Wings to...
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Sasquatch Love
The great beast had lived in the deep green hush of the forest for longer than he could count. The days passed in a rhythmic solitude: plucking...
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Labyrinthine Apparition
I find myself in a building that resists definition—part university, part manor house, a place with too many corridors and too much history. The air...
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A toast to all the shamans!
Our visit to the Saatchi Gallery had been unexpectedly emotional. An exhibition themed around flowers—automatically romantic, explosive with colour...
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Moved to Tears (Moonlit Ballad)
Yesterday I was entranced by Dean Dyson, a famous busker on Guildford's cobbled high street, with his smooth yet rasping vocal and a simple acoustic...
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