A. POYTHRESS explores the psychological landscape of Daisy Johnson’s startling collection, Fen: ‘Jonson’s command of language is something else. It’s stark, plain, and recognisable to those of us who remember the patterns of thought that haunted us when we were trapped in our own small towns growing up…’
NICOLE MANSOUR takes a look at this year’s edition of Best British Short Stories: ‘Now in its seventh year, Best British Short Stories 2017 proves to be yet another eclectic and affective anthology of short fiction. Gathered from literary magazines, journals, newspapers, websites and other anthologies by editor Nicholas Royle, it collects together twenty works by writers…’