I’ve shared a few of Pete’s stories, but Russian Sector is particularly special to me because historical fiction from this time period and in this setting isn’t something I ordinarily would read. Yet Pete’s serial absolutely captivated me and had me eagerly anticipating each new episode. That is the mark of a true storyteller!
This is all 27 parts of my recent fiction serial, in one complete story.
It is a long read, at 35,000 words.
Berlin, 1945.
Inge was crying again. I knew she was hungry, so I tried to make her forget, by pulling a funny face. It wasn’t working this time, so I just hugged her instead. I didn’t know if it made her feel better, but it muffled the sound at least. I wondered how long it would be before Mummy got home. And I was hoping she would have managed to find something to eat. When my sister finally stopped sobbing, she looked up at me expectantly.
“Manfred, will Mummy be home soon? I’m starving”.
The Russians had got to our street two days after my tenth birthday. There had been no cake of course, but Mummy had given me a scarf, wrapped in newspaper, and she had found…
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