The Little Angel’s Exhumation, by Mariana Enriquez (translated by Joel Streicker) Read it here in about 10 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… Enriquez includes enough details to make the setting and characters of grandma, the narrator, and the narrator’s father feel real, but pulls back from writing realism by using a non-emotive first-personContinue reading “A short story for Halloween”
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How I wrote it
My short story ‘Death in the Dolomites’ was read by Clareine Cronin at this year’s Liars’ League ‘Women & Girls’ storytelling event – you can read, watch, or listen to the story here. I began writing this story in response to the Liar’s League call for submissions for Agatha Christie-inspired stories, to commemorate the 50thContinue reading “How I wrote it”
A short story I recently read
The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, by Agatha Christie Read it here in about 30 minutes. In honour of the Liars’ League’s recent Agatha Christie themed short story event, thinking about Agatha Christie’s legacy as Queen of Crime and Mystery… Adhering to two of the rules commonly applied to short stories, this particular story features a shortContinue reading “A short story I recently read”