Yawn Us to Sleep and Devour Our Dreams
by David Turnbull
David Turnbull is a member of the Clockhouse London group of genre writers. He writes mainly short fiction and has had numerous short stories published in magazines and anthologies, as well as having stories read at live events such as Liars League London, Solstice Shorts and Virtual Futures. He was born in Scotland, but now lives in London. He can be found at www.tumsh.co.uk.
Lillian told herself that she definitely wasn’t a deserter. A deserter would leave for good. That wasn’t her plan. She wasn’t running away. She was going to go back. She just needed a break. A little while to be her old self. A normal twelve-year-old instead of a resistance fighter.
Just an hour or so to spend in the company of her family. It wasn’t much to
