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WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD
‘Terrifically exciting . . . It’s a beautiful, electrifying thing to witness – a writer so hilariously and so reasonably voicing the unspeakable’
Sarah Hall
‘I laughed and winced at these witty, shrewd stories . . . Hats off to Naomi Wood’
Reeta Chakrabarti
‘Every story is glorious – full of dark mischief, so funny and unexpected and original. Brilliant’
Emma Healey
In my life, I had always been a good woman; controlling what it was that I wanted. But recently, I had started to notice my bad energy, and I began to follow it, wondering where it would take me . . .
A woman has an unexpected outburst at a corporate therapy session for working mothers. A couple find some long-overdue time to rekindle their relationship and make an ill-advised home movie. A pregnant film director plots revenge on the actress who betrayed her. An ex-wife deliberately causes conflict at her ex-husband’s wedding.
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