Under Surveillance

book

The second collection of short stories, poetry and playwriting from the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing students and it’s longer and better than the first. There’s a delicious mix of comedy, tragedy and boundary pushing here, and I’m certain we’ll be seeing a lot more from its contributors.

Nancy Drew is the story I have in there, which I think is the first, truly transgressive thing I ever wrote. It started me on a very enjoyable writing path, and I was congratulated that never before had my tutor seen a class so united in disgust by an opening paragraph before. This story was written in vaguely-remembered bouts and always under the influence of Jack Daniels. The twist towards the end was a surprise to me, but it couldn’t have concluded any other way.

See it on Amazon

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 3:02 pm and is filed under My Books. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

« MS Talent
The Politics and Poetics of Transgression »

3 Responses to “Under Surveillance”

  1. sparkli May 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 am

    So when’s the launch party? :D

  2. Kayleigh May 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 am

    Already had it. ^^; It was a few months ago. Simon and I both have copies for lending purposes if you wish to borrow.

  3. sparkli May 9th, 2008 at 3:54 am

    Darnit! Oh well.

    Thought you might be interested in this article on giving books away for free on the internet:
    http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2008/05/cory-doctorow-think-like-dandelion.html

Leave a Reply