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Emily Adrian
‘I had also, a week earlier, been fired for trying to sleep with my boss’s husband. I got the idea from a book, or maybe every book.’
New fiction by Emily Adrian.
Acts of Desperation
Megan Nolan
‘I wish I could step inside this memory and steady myself, put a cool reassuring hand on my own and convince myself to wait.’
An excerpt from Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation, shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writers Award.
Pure Colour
Sheila Heti
‘She had never seen that colour before. It was the colour of a father dying.’
An excerpt from Sheila Heti’s forthcoming novel.
The Physician
Nathan Harris
‘The boy is long dead, of course. Buried outside of town in a pile with the rest of the bodies.’
Historical fiction by Nathan Harris.
The Emperor Concerto
Julie Hecht
‘Upbringing is important, and I’ve never gotten over mine.’
Fiction by Julie Hecht.
An Olive Grove in Ends
Moses McKenzie
‘The infamous Hughes family – known to police and hospital staff across the city.’
Fiction set in Bristol by Moses McKenzie.
The Picnic Pavilion
Debbie Urbanski
‘They are wearing dresses. I am not wearing a dress. Another difference is they’re dead and I am not dead.’
Debbie Urbanski on the BRCA1 gene.
a cold white wing
Kate Zambreno
‘I wonder what I sounded like, whether my voice was recognizable as the animal I had been.’
Fiction by Kate Zambreno.
Tender
Ariana Harwicz
‘Why can’t the heart keep still and why isn’t the brain smooth to the touch.’
An excerpt from Ariana Harwicz’s novel Tender.
Cold Enough for Snow
Jessica Au
‘I wondered how I could feel so at home in a place that was not mine.’
An excerpt from Jessica Au's novel Cold Enough for Snow.
