“Oranges and lemons,” say the bells of St. Clement’s.

“Cheating and stealing,” sing church bells in Ealing.

“Didn’t she earn it?” ask three bells at Barnet.

“One fatal blow,” says the bell of Harrow.

Big Ben deafens London. “We. Know. You. Killed. Her. Jack.”

Hands over my ears, I run.

Hannah is a technical author from London. She won the Junior Author International Short Story Award in 2015 and has published work in Myths of the Near Future and Writer’s Forum.