In the mid 1980s I worked at a Tottenham Lane public library which had a small fire and books were smoke damaged and to be binned. I salvaged and still own a hardback copy of Fires as above by Raymond Carver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I considered myself a Carveresque poet rather than a short story writer. In 1990s I actually met Carver’s widow Tess Gallagher the poet at the South bank and told her the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took me until 2015 to actually produce my first short story which is here and called The Leash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This blog will contain my further short stories and reviews of mostly american short fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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