This fascinating first anthology from new independent publisher Scratch Books features seven short stories alongside author interviews, with editor Tom Conaghan posing questions about openings and endings, inspirations and drafts.
For Chris Power, the short story’s brevity means a reader is suspended in tension for the duration of the tale, the greatest endings, he suggests, exerting a kind of breathlessness – either from a “punch in the gut” twist or a release of pressure.
