“I could open the case, have a peek, and sneak out again. Just a peek. No one would know…”

Uncle Dougie's Suitcase, Alastair Chisholm

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Poppy Toland

Poppy Toland
Poppy Toland

Poppy Toland is a London-based editor and literary translator. She has translated four novels, two novellas, and a number of short stories from Chinese. ‘Our Gaff’ won second place in the Fiction Desk’s Newcomer Prize and is the first of her own stories to be published.

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