Full Description
Telling Tales is an anthology of short stories and extracts from twenty-one authors in the East Midlands, selected by each author for representation in this book. The stories range from the personal to fictive, poetry to science-fiction. All authors are members of the Society of Authors and meet regularly in various Midlands' areas to discuss work in progress, arrange public sales and distribution, and work with schools, local and UK wide bookshops, and affiliated groups of writers.
Contents
Contents:The Hunter Antonia Reed 11
Let Down Your Hair Antonia Reed 13
From Notorious Christy Fearn 34
Saint George's Day Christy Fearn 40
The Queue Mark Eklid 46
Winged Messenger Jasmina Svenne 57
The Promise Moira Hodgkinson 63
The Irizinium Priestess Moira Hodgkinson 70
Deleon Mark Jacobs 76
The Good Fairy Mark Jacobs 87
Florida Heat Mark Jacobs 89
Whale Beach Trevor Watts 94
Being a Writer Trevor Locke 113
Mr Graydon Trevor Watts 130
Sanctuary Julie Malone 148
Freedom Julie Malone 154
Motorcycle Emptiness James Ellson 165
To the Devil, a Doctor Julie Malone 174
The Spreading Stain Gary Burn 190
The Dogfight Brennig Jones 194
The Nomad Gary Burn 199
Just Words Frances Thimann 208
Sailing To Zanzibar Frances Thimann 216
Finding the Sublime in Nature Writing
Fiona Linday 223
The Other Side of the Universe
David Parkin 230
Andrew Taylor 239
Stranger In Sight RosannaMcGlone 245
(Im)Pure FictionRosannaMcGlone 248
RosannaMcGlone 250
RosannaMcGlone 252
Metamorphosis of Psyche Jack Blackmore 256
The Empty Wall Gary Burn 266
A Quoi Bon Dire Frances Thimann 270
Author Biographies 274
