Maddy by Sheila Kinsella

<p>In this month's short story, rebellious Maddy's reunion with her much older and more conventional sister goes disastrously wrong.</p> <p><b>About the writer</b></p> <p>Belgium based writer Sheila Kinsella’s short stories draw inspiration from her Irish upbringing. An avid watcher of people’s behaviour, and blessed with abundant natural curiosity, Sheila lures the reader into a shrewdly observed world via imagery. </p> <p>Sheila graduated with an MA in Creative Writing (Distance Learning) from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom in 2017. Her stories have since been published in <a href="https://thegalwayreview.com/2020/11/09/sheila-kinsella-red-flag/" target="_blank">The Galway Review</a><i>, </i><a href="https://thebluenib.com/the-girl-on-the-till-cant-spell-fiction-by-sheila-kinsella/" target="_blank">The Blue Nib</a><i> </i>and <a href="https://severinelit.com/2020/12/10/lena/" target="_blank">Severine Literary Journal </a>amongst others. </p> <p>The producer was Tabitha Potts.</p> <p>Photo by <a href="https://morguefile.com/creative/schurch/1/all" target="_blank">schurch </a>at Morguefile.com</p>