Parenthesis A New Generation in Short Fiction

by Page, Ra

• ISBN13: 9780954828073
• ISBN10: 0954828070
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Comma Press

Summary

Twenty emerging British authors are featured in this anthology of short stories that celebrates imagination and daring in writing. The themes of these works push the limit of the traditional short story form and simultaneously offer isolated moments of truth. Characters range from world-smashing behemoths to role-playing plush toys to a man forced to reckon with a mysterious briefcase. Offering a snapshot of the next generation of British literature, this collection will amuse and astound.

Author Biography

Ra Page is the editor of Bracket, The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories, and Leeds Stories, and is a former editor of Newcastle Stories magazine. He received a Jerwood Foundation Bursary for his own writing in 1999.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Testicular Cancer vs The Behemoth	p. 1
Static	p. 13
Flesh and Promise	p. 19
Violins and Pianos are Horses	p. 25
The Art of Gutting a Fish	p. 35
Automation	p. 41
Painless	p. 59
The Big Drift	p. 65
Out There	p. 77
The Runner	p. 89
Bad December	p. 95
Perfect Day	p. 103
Marginalia	p. 105
Peter and Elsie	p. 111
The Rats	p. 117
The Wife and the Waitress	p. 129
Bread and Autism	p. 135
Heisenberg's Uncertainty	p. 153
Lucky and Unlucky	p. 159
Road	p. 165
Contributors	p. 170
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