First published in Great Britain in 2016 by
Peirene Press Ltd
17 Cheverton Road
London N19 3BB
www.peirenepress.com
‘Counting Down’, ‘Extending a Hand’, ‘Lineage’, ‘Expect Me’
© Olumide Popoola, 2016
‘The Terrier’, ‘Paradise’, ‘Ghosts’, ‘Oranges in the River’
© Annie Holmes, 2016
The right of Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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ISBN 978–1–908670–32–8
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Designed by Sacha Davison Lunt
Photographic image by Jim Simpson CC by 2.0
Typeset by Tetragon, London
Printed and bound by T J International, Padstow, Cornwall