Traffic, runner-up in the V S Pritchett Short Story Award, 9th November 2015
Traffic is my short story set in contemporary Kiev, in Ukraine, the capital city of a country beset by separatism, factionalism, schism and any other ism you can think of that will definitely NOT contribute to the quality of life. In this scenario, is it right to bring up a baby? A young mother dreams of unburdening herself and leaving, and hits on a radical solution to help her on her way.
I am so proud to have come second in this competition, and to be among those keeping up the short story standard set by the eminent V S Pritchett.
Traffic is now available to read on the Unthank Books site. Click HERE.
I am so proud to have come second in this competition, and to be among those keeping up the short story standard set by the eminent V S Pritchett.
Traffic is now available to read on the Unthank Books site. Click HERE.
I talk about Traffic, how I wrote it and aimed it at the V S Pritchett Award, and how it met the approval of the judges, in a guest post on Chris Fielden's blog about writing (March 2016).
