Contemporary Fiction
Blog posts focused on contemporary fiction.
‘Red at the Bone’
When all you've got left is gold (a cold metal) and someone you could care less to know, what's next?
His Only ‘Darling’
This short story is about an 8-yr old Danny and his magical doll with whom he seeks refuge when his home becomes a hostile place.
The Discovery of ‘The Family Upstairs’
Lisa Jewell's 'The Family Upstairs' invites us to discover buried secrets of a notorious family in London.
Perfect Peace
What happens when a mother, who wanted a girl child so badly, decides to trick the rest of the world, AND her child, into believing that a born boy is a girl child?
