Fiction
The Sorry Tellersby Ewa Mazierska
Emma joined the Real Thoughts support group reluctantly, as she disliked organizations. It was a marker of her despair that she put her distaste aside, paid the registration fee and turned up at the meeting at the center of Manchester. The first impression was disappointing, as the hundred-plus group turned out to be dominated by noisy simpletons with a history of religious evangelism, the type one associates more with the American South than the English North, but obviously nutters are everywhere. However, there was also a minority of those who, like Emma, gave the impression of being sane and embarrassed to find themselves in such company. They gravitated toward each other and decided to meet again in a smaller circle. During the second meeting
