On the third day of Christmas my true love bought for me…

Nightswimming

A collection of dark, urban tales: the pros and cons of stealing a pensioner, a mothers prison visit, incipient love and roller skating, the guilt of a brothers death, and a past love burnt out by rioting. Stories that deal with loss, longing and hope.

Garrie Fletcher writes about the gaps between lives, the pauses between stations and the static hiss of the city. The moments he captures are fleeting and easily missed, but resonate like a steel string plucked above a pickup, distorted and electric.

 

The cover image is by Gabriella Marsh.

Mantle Lane Press small books can be slipped into a pocket. An ideal present for literature lovers.