40k Book Club discussion

The author

Angela Slatter is a Brisbane-based writer of speculative fiction.
Her short stories have appeared in anthologies such as Jack Dann’s Dreaming Again, Tartarus Press’ Strange Tales II, Twelfth Planet Press’ 2012, Dirk Flinthart’s Canterbury 2100, and in journals such as Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Shimmer, ONSPEC and Doorways Magazine. Her work has had several Honourable Mentions in the Datlow, Link, Grant Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies #20 and #21; and three of her stories have been shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards in the Best Fantasy Short Story category.

The interview

"For me short stories are very much about identifying an essence, the most essential thing you want to show a reader and that translates all the way across the story: what is the main story question? What are the critical things I need to show a reader about my characters, my setting, my dialogue? The short story doesn’t have the luxury of a long roll-out and a lot of words, or a huge cast of characters."

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Angela's reading suggestions

Bluegrass Symphony
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Let the Right One In