Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson Read it here in about 10 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… I love stories that are divided into sections, and in this particular story we have a division into two sections, although there’s no clear reason why that is (i.e. there are no section titles; theContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
Tag Archives: fiction
A short story I recently read
She Sheds Her Skin, by Raven Jakubowski Read it here in about 15 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… This is an unusual love-horror story, about an incompatible couple who’ve been desperately trying to make it work, now finally facing up to the fact that their love is, and always has been, doomed. IContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
A short story I recently re-read
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson Read it here in less than 20 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… Halloween month is almost upon us, so what better than a bit of Shirley Jackson to get us in the mood for spooks and scares. I love this story because it’s shocking. The first time youContinue reading “A short story I recently re-read”
A short story I wrote
The Wolf’s Daughter, by Mina Ma My short story will be performed at the next Liars’ League event, which is on the theme Women and Girls. Event details here.
A short story I recently read
Paradise, by Hannah Lillith Assadi Read it here in about half an hour. Thinking about why I love it… I first read this story in 2020 (it was one of my ‘Top 10’ of that year), but have recently re-read it. I live in Egypt now, and teach students from this country as well asContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
My top 10 of 2022
I’ve been busy with work and life in 2022, so haven’t had time to update my blog, but I have still been reading! Here are some of my favourites from my 2022 reading: Deaf Republic, by Ilya Kaminsky What I love about this poetry collection, apart from the language, is the way it plays withContinue reading “My top 10 of 2022”
How I wrote it
My short story ‘Medusa Takes a Bath, and Becomes a Monster’ was performed by Grace Cookey-Gam at a Liars’ League event in London in August 2022 – you can watch it here, or read it here. I began writing this story in response to a call for submissions for Medusa-inspired stories. I love the GreekContinue reading “How I wrote it”
How I wrote it
My short story ‘Wild Love‘ was published in Makarelle’s winter 2021/22 edition, which was on the theme Love is Love. I wrote this story during my MA in Creative Writing. How it came about was, I wanted to challenge myself to write something in the romance genre. I considered this to be a challenge becauseContinue reading “How I wrote it”
A protest poetry collection
Deaf Republic, by Ilya Kaminsky A coherent selection of the poems from this collection has been published in The New Yorker. I’m going to talk about the first 3 poems, which you can read in less than 10 minutes. In relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and everything else happening inContinue reading “A protest poetry collection”
A short protest story
‘Lather and Nothing Else’, by Hernando Tellez Read it here in less than 15 minutes. In relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and everything else happening in the world today that shouldn’t be, thinking about how we can use literature to protest… Tellez was a Colombian journalist and author, who livedContinue reading “A short protest story”
Mina Ma 