Fiction Street - A Short Story

A terrifying glimpse of a child predator - through the eyes of a young girl.An encounter with a kerb-crawling predator leads a child into a confusing and terrifying world she cannot understand.A terrifying glimpse of a child predator - through the eyes of a young girl.It's 1970s Liverpool and a small girl is worried. She’s going to be late for school and if she’s late for school she'll be punished.She decides to take a short cut along Fiction Street. She’s not allowed to go down Fiction Street but she doesn't know why. Nobody ever told her why. Nobody ever tells her anything.As she turns a corner, a van pulls along beside her and a strange man offers her a lot of money. All she has to do is one favor.Good girls always say yes when grownups ask for a favor, and this little girl is very, very good.But, when this good little girl says yes everything changes and for reasons she can’t possibly understand she's never going to be good again.