Short Stories

Collection Short Stories 

Shore to Shore: River Stories by Tamsin Hopkins

October 14, 2016October 16, 2016 dj4twinx Cath Barton, Cinnamon Press, Shore to Shore: River Stories, Tamsin Hopkins

-Reviewed by Cath Barton- Hani is a hot-air balloon pilot, but not in a setting or situation which most of

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Treats by Lara Williams

September 14, 2016September 15, 2016 dj4twinx Lara Williams, Nick Murray, Saboteur Awards 2016, Treats

-Reviewed by Nick Murray- Reading Treats feels like swooping in through someone’s window and slowing down just long enough to

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draft #1

September 3, 2016 Editor Anico Mostert, Cape Town, Julia Chaskalson, Laura Ritchie, Magdaleen du Toit, Marolize Southwood, Ruth de Cerff, South Africa

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– draft is a new literary and fine art zine created by Magdaleen du Toit as a

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Flash Short Stories 

Lost in the Land of Bears by S. Kay

August 31, 2016August 30, 2016 dj4twinx George Szirtes, James Knight, Jeff Noon, Lost in the Land of Bears, microfiction, Reality Hands, S. Kay, Twitter, Twitter Fiction

-Reviewed by James Knight– There are many writers on Twitter who play with the tweet as a literary form, exploiting

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Texaners by T. F. Rhoden

April 21, 2016April 24, 2016 dj4twinx Dubliners, James Joyce, Jessica Gregory, T. F. Rhoden, Texaners

-Reviewed by Jessica Gregory- ‘…those perfectly imperfect souls of expansive, yet common diversity.’ -Texaners What comes to mind when thinking

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Anthology Poetry Short Stories 

Impossible Things: Creative Future Literary Winners

April 15, 2016April 13, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Alexi Francis, Allison Dean, Catherine Edmunds, Creative Future Literary Awards, Des Mannay, Grant Tarbard, Impossible Things, Jackie Hagan, Kingston University Press, Lemn Sissay, Maggie Gee, Moray Sanders, Myriad Editions, Nick Lewis, Oliver Redfern, Peter Jordan., Sanya Semakula, Suna Akiah, Tina Freeth

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Impossible Things is an anthology featuring the twelve award winning entries in the 2015 Creative

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A Galaxy of Starfish: An Anthology of Modern Surrealism ed. by Sophie Essex

April 4, 2016April 2, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter A Galaxy of Starfish: An Anthology of Modern Surrealism, Bob Schofield, Dalton Day, Esther Greenleaf Murer, Jake Hostetter, Jenna Clake, Joel Allegretti, Katherine Osborne, Logan Ellis, Salo Press, Scherezade Siobhan, Sophie Essex, Surrealism, Travis MacDonald

– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – In her introduction to A Galaxy of Starfish, editor Sophie Essex states: ‘Whilst our

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The Missing Woman and Other Stories

March 14, 2016March 20, 2016 dj4twinx Carole Burns, Charley Barnes, Parthian Books, The Missing Woman and Other Stories

-Reviewed by Charlotte Barnes– Carole Burns’s recently published collection, The Missing Woman and Other Stories, is a bite-size collection of

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Paper & Ink #7: Hangovers

March 4, 2016March 1, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Andrew Climance, Dave Matthes, Dean Lilleyman, Emily Harrison, hangovers, Jenna Clake, Jennifer Chardon, John Grochalski, Joseph Ridgwell, Martin Appleby, Nick Ryle Wright, Paper & Ink, u.v. ray, Vicki Jarrett

– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – The theme for Paper & Ink’s seventh issue is ‘hangovers’, which (perhaps inevitably) results

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Short Stories 

Pond by Claire-Louise Bennet

October 15, 2015October 12, 2015 dj4twinx Claire-Louise Bennet, Eimear McBride, Kevin Barry, Pond, Rebecca Burns, Stinging Fly Press

-Reviewed by Rebecca Burns– Pond is Claire-Louise Bennet’s first collection of stories. It is about 150 pages long and focuses

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