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The Numbers
by Clare Wigfall
Clare Wigfall was born in Greenwich, London, during the summer of 1976. She has lived in California, Manchester, Prague and Berlin.
Her stories have been published in Prospect, New Writing 10, Tatler and the Dublin Review; she has also been commissioned by BBC Radio 4.
'The Numbers' is taken from her debut collection The Loudest Sound and Nothing (Faber).
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