Turquoise Rebellion

"My heart thumped clumsily as I stepped out onto the playground. The scuffed black leather shoes that tore through the gravel as they kicked at that sodden ball suddenly fell silent. The skipping girls let their ropes fall. There was no specific destination to the route but I walked it with purpose..."

Turquoise Rebellion is flash fiction exploring the rebellious act of a seven year old boy and his love affair with a pair of his mother's shoes. There is nothing that sets him aside from his peers and without a badge of honour or distinguishing feature, he finds solace in a pair of turquoise mules buried at the bottom of his mother's wardrobe.

This is Andrew Medcraft's debut flash fiction work and marks the start of a highly anticipated and promising career of poignant and provocative fiction.