6 Dec 2024

Short Story winner: Fade In

From Nine To Noon, 10:40 am on 6 December 2024
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Text reads ”The 2024 Nine to Noon Short Story Comp”

Photo: RNZ / Jayne Joyce

A cautionary tale about jumping to conclusions.

The narrator thinks that his partner has been having an affair, and it seems like the couple will soon go their separate ways.

When he confronts his partner about what's going on, the explanation he's given turns his expectations upside down. 

Fade In was written by Nick McGregor told by Simon Leary.