Cora and Xandra have been flatmates for over a year, but they’ve never been friends. It’s not been a problem before – Cora likes her peace and quiet, and Xandra’s happy to leave her to it, spending most of her time partying elsewhere. But when the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold, and the UK is put under lockdown, they find themselves forced into spending a lot more time together. Will they put their differences aside and learn to tolerate each other’s company? Will familiarity breed further contempt…or will they find common ground and develop a true friendship?

Unlucky in Lockdown is a 26,750 word novella set during the first two weeks of the UK’s lockdown. I self-published it in August of that same year, knowing it would have a limited audience, as most people at the time were quite open that they were looking for escapism! Still, I wanted to tell this story in order to help those who wanted it feel less alone, and to explore some of the difficult feelings that many of us had to deal with. I was pleasantly surprised by the small but enthusiastic readership that it found – exactly the people I hoped to reach.

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