Owen Sheers judge of National Short Story Prize says stories are a 'soil sample' of the culture. This goes very nicely with Anne Enright's cats in the Granta Book of Irish Short Stories.
Hi Ailsa Here's a seasonal one: "Short stories are like Jesus: they enter the world with a bang; do something extraordinary early on; then move convincingly, and with purpose, to their inevitable ending." All my own work! Happy Christmas, Nuala x
I'm a fiction writer and critic, with a special interest in the short story genre. My books include Writing Short Stories (Routledge), Alice Munro (Northcote House) and The Real Louise and Other Stories (Headland). My fiction been included in various magazines and anthologies, e.g.The Virago Book of Love and Loss, Metropolitan, London Magazine, Manchester Stories 3 (Comma Press), and Transmission Magazine.
Hi Ailsa
ReplyDeleteHere's a seasonal one:
"Short stories are like Jesus: they enter the world with a bang; do something extraordinary early on; then move convincingly, and with purpose, to their inevitable ending."
All my own work!
Happy Christmas,
Nuala x