State of the Union

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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’s conception – 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’s short stories have appeared on BBC Radio 4, Audible, Elle Magazine, The Bridport Prize and The Common Breath Anthology. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award ‘21 and longlisted for the BBC and Commonwealth short story awards ‘22. She is currently working on her debut novel from her home in Scotland.