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Seven Days books at the launch Feb 2007     signing Seven Days books at the launch Feb 2007: seated Andrew, me, Emma - three of the seven authors
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Seven Days Short Story Collection

My months of Short Story blitzing over summer 2006 resulted in a bursting portfolio of shorts and some rather exciting news regarding one of the stories. Originally titled Ninety-Five my 9000 word story features an elderly lesbian reminiscing on her long life while also dealing with the mundane incidents characteristic of living in a residential home. I sent it to Legend Press after seeing a feature on them in Writers News.

Following the success of The Remarkable Everyday, their 2006 short story anthology, Legend put out a call for submissions to their proposed 2007 short story collection. The premise given was to take a character and detail his or her life through the course of one day. I wrote the story, submitted it and then went on to my next story. I was very excited weeks later to recieve an email from Tom Chalmers, managing director of Legend Press, saying that they would like to include my story in the collection.

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The 2007 collection is titled Seven Days, and involves seven stories in all. Mine is Sunday the last in the book. The publication date is 3rd February 2007. I attended a pre-launch event on 1st Feb, and booked signings throughout February. I met up with some of the other authors whom I'd already 'met' online, Tom and other people from Legend, and my adoring public! I made a speech, was videoed for the Society of Young Publishers website about the publication, and have written an article for www.theshortstory.org.uk

Eight Hours is the title of the 2008 anthology, which is due to be published in March, including another of my stories. See my Eight Hours page. Legend have also published my novel Silence.

Seven Days
Short Story anthology published by Legend Press Ltd (February 2007)
ISBN-10: 0955103231
ISBN-13: 978-0955103230

Reviews of Seven Days
‘Absorbing and surprising… a heartening testimony to the health of the new-writing scene today.’
Roundtable Review

‘The collection touches on a wealth of human experiences and has something to which every reader can relate.’
Western Mail

‘The stories offer a surprising range of cultural perspectives…the writing feel[s] very fresh off the press, full of energy and exuberance.’
Pulp.Net

‘There is something for everyone in this book and I have recommended it to everyone I know!’
Amazon.co.uk

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