I submitted this piece to Spelk (‘Short sharp flash fiction’) in October 2019. The editors scheduled it for publication on 11th December, election-day eve, feeling it was topical!
‘Dear Brexiters, Please imagine following the Via Appia Antica past tombs and shrines, into imperial Rome where your soldier forebears drilled in preparation for the conquest of damp, savage Britannia at the arse-end of the known world.’
Fiction Writing by Patience Mackarness 