Shorts: The Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Collection
by Faber, MichelFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-11-01
Publisher(s): Interlink Pub Group Inc
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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 |
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