‘Ever since he’d been born, Frankie had seemed different. He had never cried. Hardly moved. Kelly’s sister had not reserved her judgement. She did not bite her lip – never had. Your kid is creepy, Kel, she said. Your kid is weird. The way he just watches you and that.’ // ‘Nubbins’, a story by Seán Padraic Birnie with art by Emma Howitt