On Reading Slowly
Eleven weeks in a chair taught me that a book is not a message but a room, and it needs time to speak.
Edinburgh
Helena Marsh
Novelist. Writes The Clockmaker of Aurel Street one chapter at a time, and reads everything twice.
The Beekeeper’s Letter
The letter arrived eleven years after it was written, which was entirely typical of her grandmother.
The Clockmaker, Chapter Four: What the Pendulum Knew
The man with no name comes back, and two old men who loved the same woman sit down to tea.
The Clockmaker of Aurel Street
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The Clockmaker, Chapter Three: The Apprentice
The clocks are right for the first time in forty years, and Grandfather opens the drawer.
The Clockmaker, Chapter Two: Seven Minutes Past Midnight
A girl in a green coat knocks at the shop door with a notebook from 1961.
The Clockmaker, Chapter One: The Clock That Ran Backwards
On the first wet day of October, a stranger leaves a clock on the counter and will not give his name.
