The Stinging Fly has published a new story by N.C. Prior entitled “Peter and Jane.”

The story was inspired by the eponymous series published under the Ladybird imprint.

Prior said “What happened to Peter and Jane when they became grown-ups as their once-readers now were? How would they cope as young adults in the early 1980s, facing harsh realities of recession times in Britain? What language would they use to tell their stories—but the only one available to them in their world, the 300 Keywords?”

Read the piece here.

N.C. Prior’s debut novel, Catchlights, will be published by John Murray Originals in 2022. Find her on Twitter @Ladybirdscholar.