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An Affliction by Lottie Mills

A strange illness takes hold of those living at the Saint Francis Invalid Colony...

A specially commissioned short story for 大象传媒 Radio 4 by the award-winning Lottie Mills. In this fantastical tale, a strange illness takes hold of those living at the Saint Francis Invalid Colony...

Lottie Mills won the 大象传媒 Young Writers Award in 2020, and her debut collection, Monstrum is published in 2024. In her stories, Lottie delights in the uncanny, the unusual and the unique power of outsiders.

Reader: Hayley Atwell
Producer: Justine Willett

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