The
best Feathers and Cigarettes & Other Stories
When
Aldous Huxley was asked what the prerequisites for an author actually
were, his answer was firm and direct.
All one needs to write is paperand sharp pen, replied Huxley.
A sharp pen? queried the young journalist.
It needs to be sharp to open the vein, said the author drily. It may be an apocryphal story, but it beautifully illustrates the respect that both of us, as editors, have for the efforts expended by all contributors to the 2003 Fish Short Story Anthology. The simple act of sending your work out into the world takes courage.
Edited by Anne O'Carroll &
Stephen Martin
Introduction by Pat McCabe
Contents:
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Andrew Lloyd-Jones - Feathers
& Cigarettes
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this story in Short
Stories to Read Online
Geona Edwards - The
Terrible Eyes of Big Hawkins
Katy Darby - Pusycat,
Pussycat
Freda Churches -
The Visit
Mia Gallagher - All
Bones
Jason Bellipanni - The
Last Elfe-Mite
Morgan McDermott - Tow
Elizabeth Brinkley - Tinkerbell
The Visit - Freda
Churches
Terese R Funke - Just
the Way He Liked It
Virginia McRae -
Sentenced to Death by Stoning
Gina Ochsner - The
Hidden Lives of Lakes
Sean Lusk - Pursuit of
the Invisible Woman
Linda E Clopton - Mazes
Sophie Spalding -
Locked Down
Janice Nabors Raiteri - flagged
Rosemary Jenkinson -
The Backroom Rebellion
Eoin O'Connor - The Second
Coming of Teddy Lyons
Lara Fergus - Grace
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