For the past two weeks i’ve been away from my usual residence. This was a short notice affair and has had me away from my books for longer than expected. Where I am has books, so i’m making do.
Until I return to my regularly scheduled reading, i’m making do with some short stories i’ve found.
A. L. Kennedy
Spared
Tessa Hadley
Funny Little Snake
Jackie Kay
Physics and Chemistry
Graham Swift
Remember This
Jane Gardam
Dangers
Lucy Caldwell
Poison
Poison by Lucy Caldwell reminded me a lot of Fish Tank (2009 Film) directed by Andrea Arnold. Both showcase some rather risqué themes, more so Fish Tank, but side by side they do a pretty good job guarding the gates of innocence vs. sin.
It’s strange to compare the preadolescence of a girl versus my own at the same age. A lot of my childhood beyond the age of 10 is what i’d call Calculated Confusion. I couldn’t tell you why I did the things I did, just that each was coordinated according to a manner I have yet to shake into my mid-twenties.