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WALKING HOME AND SQUASHING SNAILS

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Author: James Roderick Burns
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9789363540477
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Publisher: Cyberwit.net
Pub. Date: 2025
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Price: $15
 
 

By turns dark, strange, comical, and absurd, sometimes all within the
same page, these fictional snapshots of the ordinary and the fantastical
manage to convey entire worlds in compact form. They read like haiku
– moments pieced together through telling details, efficient character
development, and carefully considered punchlines. Never taking
themselves too seriously, these tightly turned stories manage to touch
on somber themes while eliciting delight, astonishment, and
reflection.

Julie Wan, Managing Editor, Vita Poetica

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James Roderick Burns
James Roderick Burns is the author of a flash fiction collection, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and five collections of short-form poetry, most recently Crows at Dusk (Red Moon Press, 2023).
He graduated with distinction from the second cohort of Oxford University's MSt in Creative Writing, reviews for London Grip and serves as a volunteer poetry reader for Ploughshares.  He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and daughter.
He can be found on Twitter @JamesRoderickB and his newsletter offers one free, published story a fortnight at abunchoffives.substack.com.

 
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To Say Nothing of the Dog

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WALKING HOME AND SQUASHING SNAILS

WALKING HOME AND SQUASHING SNAILS
James Roderick Burns
ISBN: 9789363540477

$15

 
 
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