Shorts: The Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Collection

by Faber, Michel

• ISBN13: 9780748663194
• ISBN10: 0748663193
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

Ever since the nineteenth-century when Romanticists threw down the literary gauntlet of the modern short story, its popularity has never waned with writers and readers alike.In this volume, Polygon, The Macallan, and "Scotland on Sunday" are pleased to offer the very best of contemporary Scottish story writing selected from more than 2,000 entries to the 2001 Macallan / "Scotland on Sunday" Short Story Competition, including the winner, the five other shortlisted stories, and the best of the remaining entries. Selections include: "The Incomprehensible Mortality of Karen Mack, " by Sophie Cooke; "A Storm Gathering, " by Jonathan Falla; "Mango, " by Fiona J. Thackeray; and "Clear Thunder, " by Alan Bissett.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
A Matter of Taste Vale Nordmann	1	(6)
Brick David R. Fernandes	7	(8)
Tragic Kingdom George Kobilnyk	15	(10)
The Incomprehensible Mortality of Karen Mack Sophie Cooke	25	(10)
Mooncalf Lydia Robb	35	(6)
Jackson's Hotel Simon Stephenson	41	(10)
A Storm Gathering Jonathan Falla	51	(12)
Vesuvius Ella Henderson	63	(8)
Drying the Man Out Sue Rullière	71	(6)
New Shoes Esther McLeod	77	(8)
The Girl Who Died In Her Sleep Douglas Noble	85	(10)
Striking Out Isabel Walter	95	(8)
Wee Fishes Anne Callaly	103	(6)
Bad Behaviour Sailors Jonathan Falla	109	(10)
Mango Fiona J. Thackeray	119	(10)
Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss George Anderson	129	(8)
Ain't Misbehavin Barbara Clarke	137	(6)
Christmas at Waipanoni Falls Janette Munneke	143	(10)
Terminus Jas Sherry	153	(10)
Tell Me a Story Kate Percival	163	(6)
You See Patterns When You Close Your Eyes Morven Crumlish	169	(8)
Relax J.C. Robertson	177	(8)
Woman with Biro Simon Smith	185	(10)
Three Candles Richard Louden	195	(10)
Clear Thunder Alan Bissett	205	(10)
The Rules of Perspective Ross Wilson	215	(12)
Round-trip Spaceship Michael Russell	227	(8)
Closing Time Alastair Chisholm	235	(12)
Hell-bent Anne Bree	247	(10)
About the Authors	257