A novelette in 20 chapters

Telling the Bees: Chapter 19

The Replacement

Steve Fendt
Serial Stories
Published in
6 min readApr 8, 2024

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A profusion of flowers in a summer garden, with deep shade behind creating an unsettling contrast.
‘Sunlight and Shadows’ by Steve Fendt

She had never particularly liked physical contact with strangers, and had grown self-conscious about her ageing body, its wrinkles, blotches, sags and blemishes. So Jim Barry’s suggestion of therapeutic massage was not one she had warmed to.

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Steve Fendt
Serial Stories

https://stevefendt.substack.com Short stories, serial fiction, memoirs of a possibly quasi-true nature. Stories of the Australian beach and bush.