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Ruby Cowling
@rubycowling.bsky.social
THIS PARADISE: Short stories // Boiler House Press // http://tinyurl.com/RCTParadise // Shortlisted Edge Hill Prize; Longlisted Orwell Prize //
Full of state and woe
Enjoyed reading this. Can't believe you haven't done it until now!
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I can completely imagine! (Hence I don't have one.) But it was very relatable.
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Nice piece 🙂
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
solipsistic?
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fabulous - enormous congrats!
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I get it. This was in Bradford in the 90s BTW.
I could well be wrong but I think in this case it was just yer classic attempt to be superior to the ignorant masses (which included me)
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What, with "olt" at the end?? In that case I take it all back.... I've only ever heard other English people say "REN-oh". Maybe I've moved in rarified circles
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I had an ex who always pronounced Renault 'REN-olt'. I eventually asked him why and he said 'because, love, you *know* how it should be pronounced if you're going to say it the French way' (so I assume he meant 'rrrruhn-OH'). His parents also pronounced it this way. A particular kind of arseholery
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wow. Yes. I could have written this (I didn't)
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Bleak House?! 😁 love it
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So tempting! 🫤
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is *so* generous - thank you!
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Same. Very depressed and worried
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Many thanks for the shout! 🙏
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ooh!
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM