State of the Union
State of the Union by Rachael Fulton, read by Sally Reid.
Jan has a captive audience for her musings on the state of the nation and the state of her marriage.
State of the Union by Rachael Fulton
42 year old Jan finds herself unexpectedly pregnant with a late baby. Her marriage is in a perilous condition but - as she tells her unborn baby about the current world and the story of the baby鈥檚 conception 鈥� Jan realises that she is going to stay with Alan.
The story is a reaction to the Supreme Court ruling last week on an Independence Referendum in Scotland.
Read by Sally Reid
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane
Rachael Fulton鈥檚 short stories have appeared on 91热爆 Radio 4, Audible, Elle Magazine, The Bridport Prize and The Common Breath Anthology. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award 鈥�21 and longlisted for the 91热爆 and Commonwealth short story awards 鈥�22. She is currently working on her debut novel from her home in Scotland.
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