Me too! Just after I started it The Bees by Laline Paull came out - must've been something in the air. It was my first short story in print, in this collection, but looks like there's only one physical copy left, though there is a Kindle edition (sorry for Amazon, only place that has it). I could send you the PDF proof if you'd rather, but these days I'm afraid of LLMs, but that's silly, we must still share our work - and I would love to read more of yours.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mechanics-Institute-Review-2017-Stories/dp/0957583389
James 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺
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