New look to TSS.

A calm, quiet space for reading short fiction, interviews & essays.

Opening with a wonderful short story by the hugely talented Elaine Chiew.

theshortstory.co.uk

It's already been four weeks since Cloudless hit shelves.

I've been pondering coming back here in the meantime & I guess am just saying hi.

Mainly, I'd just like to share stuff about my reading, the odd writing thing, some art maybe. Plants. My dog.

This weird old life.

Doppelgänger moment

No prizes for guessing what kind of presents I'm giving for Xmas this year 😎🎄

Fab book!

A mother-daughter relationship, both fraught & tender.

Carmel carries trauma & love, but wildly grips her independence.

Nell, 22, sharp as scissors, confused angry & funny & exhausted by the shittiness of life.

Line by line beauty, wisdom, stylistic risk & mastery of voice.
Brilliant

Happy Bookshop Day to everyone & a huge thanks to all the booksellers who make High Streets and other nooks & crannies of the world a place of calm and discovery.

Picked these 3 books up from my local bookshop Clapham Books today.

One is a birthday gift, the other two... well...