John Hulme
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"The most beautiful thing I saw from here was a place I spent the worst part of my life coming home from..."
These pieces were written at a time when the world felt harsh and cold. Sometimes, those are the times the river bursts free, and we can pour all the gentle, intimate and vulnerable things into its flow. These are the times when the texture of things becomes challenging, exciting and even magical in turn; when tears become oceans, and...
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"It's so good you're settled in your own place. It's what your mother would have wanted." I remember being told that, about a year after she died. I was struggling to keep hold of a job that was closing the walls in on me...and to keep a flat that felt just a little out of reach. Suddenly, it hit me that what had held me together through the times I had slept in the car or wandered down a city high street in search of a hostel was nothing to do with...
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Becker Drane a obtenu l'emploi le plus cool au Monde, mais il est de plus en plus difficile de vivre une vie à l'extérieur du Seems. Il travaille sans cesse, est souvent tiré du lit pour aller effectuer des réparations, et son Moi-2™ passe plus de temps avec sa famille que lui. Et même si c'est parfaitement contre les Règles, il ne peut s'empêcher de pencher à Jennifer Kaley, la fille totalement géniale cool qu'il a rencontrée au cours...
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Vous vous rappelez la pluie que nous avons eue il y a deux semaines, ou ce cauchemar que vous avez fait la nuit dernière? Becker Drane peut vous dire exactement qui ou ce qui en était responsable, car Becker travaille comme Réparateur pour le Seems. Du Département de la météo au Département du temps, le Seems est le monde-derrière-notre-Monde, et il veille à ce que tout se déroule harmonieusement.
Mais de temps en temps, quelque chose tourne...
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The world as you know it was created and is still maintained by The Seems. From the Department of Weather to the Department of Emotions, The Seems ensure our world is just as we like it. Occasionally, something in one of these departments will break down, and a Fixer is sent in to repair it before there is damage to our world. Becker Drane may seem like your average 7th grader, but he's actually one of 37 Fixers in the entire world, and is just...
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Becker Drane's still got the coolest job in The World, but it's getting harder and harder to live a normal life outside of The Seems. He's always working, getting pulled out of bed to go Fix, and his Me-2™ spends more time with his family than he does. And even though it's completely against the Rules, he can't stop thinking about Jennifer Kaley, the totally cool girl he met during his Mission in Sleep.
Things don't get any easier when a bomb explodes...