A collection of short stories about love, guilt, shame and the very notion of human existence.
Author: haveyoureadthisuk
Creative writer, based in UK and open to partnership and commissions.
Because of You
Two women go into hospital expecting to leave with a child, but only one does - and it’s not theirs.
Girl
Edna O’Brien’s fictional reimagining of the 276 Boko Haram girls who were abducted in Nigeria in 2014.
Exciting Times
“I thought that if I let anyone in, they’d find out what was broken about me. And then not only would they know, I’d know too.”
News: Transphobic Open Letter to the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Torrey Peters became the first trans woman to be nominated for the £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction, which was contested in an anonymous open letter by the Wild Woman Writing Club.
Your Story, My Story
"She wanted someone to test her strength against, she wanted to fight, and for that she sought out the biggest, strongest man she could find. Me."
News: Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir wins The Rathbones Folio Prize 2021
Carmen Maria Machado won the £30,000 award for her memoir In the Dream House, published by Serpent’s Tail/Graywolf Press.
Acts of Desperation
“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
A Streetcar Named Desire
“Whoever you are - I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
Uncoupling
Could a split train change someone's life forever?
