Balloons
By Kit O'Conor
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A sordid festival comes to a premature and devastating end, leaving the life of an adolescent boy changed forever. Many years later and he's shared the secret with no one, not his ailing father, his new wife, or even his cat. But just when it’s nearly forgotten, the event he witnessed that day takes on a bizarre new significance. It all starts when he hears a voice inside the paving stones.
A haunting short story by an innovative new voice in UK fiction, known for his recent debut novel “Tiptoe.”
Kit O'Conor
Kit O'Conor is a British author whose debut novel "Tiptoe" was released in 2014. Since graduating in Philosophy at Southampton University, Kit has travelled extensively and worked in many fields from sales to English teaching. Currently he is living in London drafting his second novel. You can reach him through kitoconor.com, or follow him on Twitter @KitOConor.
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Balloons - Kit O'Conor
BALLOONS
By
Kit O’Conor
Copyright © Kit O’Conor 2010
The right of Kit O’Conor to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Balloons
Excerpt: Tiptoe (A Novel)
Balloons
It was no place for a fifteen year old, even before what happened. When I asked my father if I could go he was only half listening, busy spooning porridge and poking the cat with his toe. My friend got lost within a few minutes, leaving me alone walking slowly, trying not to gawp. I remember the