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‘Ranging from surreal and quirky to heartfelt and poignant, there are stories and poems in this terrific collection to suit every palette.’ \u2014Liam Bell, author of Man at Sea<\/em><\/p>\n

‘A cracking collection of flashes and poems spanning a wide variety of subjects, styles and voices. Stories and poems to make you think, make you laugh, make you cry and, most importantly, make you want to read them again. Short and Sweet<\/em> is everything a good anthology should be and it’s one I know I will dip into again and again.’ \u2014Karen Jones, author of When It’s Not Called Making Love<\/em><\/p>\n

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Short and Sweet: volume one<\/h2>\n

An anthology of very short poems and prose from Scotland and beyond<\/h3>\n

Discover some of the world’s best new writing from talented storytellers and poets.<\/p>\n

This book features writing from both established and new voices and includes some pieces from the Weekly Ploom, our digital publication, now appearing for the first time in print. <\/strong><\/p>\n

But that’s not all! The collection of over fifty tiny pieces of creative writing that will suit any palette has many never-before-seen stories and poems<\/strong> for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n

With chapters on the natural world, the unnatural world, people and place, and being human, there’s a poem or a story for every moment. While you wait for the kettle to boil, dip in and find yourself transported…<\/p>\n

Including writing from international authors:<\/p>\n

Adam Taylor || Aidan Casey ||\u00a0Alan McIntyre ||\u00a0Andrew C Kidd ||\u00a0Andrew Newall ||\u00a0Andy Edwards ||\u00a0Annie Firth ||\u00a0Beth McDonough ||\u00a0Brandon McQuade ||\u00a0Bruach Mhor ||\u00a0Catriona MacLeod ||\u00a0Ciaran McDermott ||\u00a0Claire Thom ||\u00a0Dan West ||\u00a0Dave Close ||\u00a0Donal McLaughlin ||\u00a0DS Maolalai ||\u00a0Emily Stanford ||\u00a0Emma Mooney ||\u00a0Emma Robertson ||\u00a0F.E. Clark ||\u00a0Franky Bonfanti ||\u00a0Jack T Canis ||\u00a0James Alexander ||\u00a0Janet Crawford ||\u00a0Jean Davis ||\u00a0John Grey ||\u00a0June Gemmell ||\u00a0Karen Arnold ||\u00a0Karen D’Arcy-Kernan ||\u00a0Kendra Jackson ||\u00a0Laura Fyfe ||\u00a0Laura Law ||\u00a0Lisa Farrell ||\u00a0Lyndsey Croal ||\u00a0Mathew Gostelow\u00a0|| Matt Dennison ||\u00a0Michael Berton ||\u00a0Ricky Monahan Brown ||\u00a0Robin Cantwell ||\u00a0Ross Crawford ||\u00a0Ruby Dunn ||\u00a0Salvatore Difalco ||\u00a0Salena Casha ||\u00a0Sarah Royston ||\u00a0Satya Bosman ||\u00a0Stephen Kingston ||\u00a0Stuart Watson ||\u00a0Thomas Zimmerman ||\u00a0Timothy Goodwin ||\u00a0Tom Tumilty<\/p>\n

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AVAILABLE NOW<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u00a31 from the sale of each book will be donated to the Shannon Trust, supporting their vital work in helping prisoners who can read to teach those who can’t.<\/p>\n

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Paperback, 112 pages.
\nISBN 97817396284<\/p>\n

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‘”I step outside, catch my breath.” So reads the first sentence of Robin Cantwell’s Down and Out in Dirtbag City<\/em>. It’s an opening sentence that gets the reader involved straight away, asking questions \u2013 why does the narrator want to step outside and, come to that, what is inside? Why do need to catch their breath? What’s got them so anxious?<\/p>\n

The other stories and poems in in Short and Sweet<\/em> show the same feel for getting the reader on board by focusing on what it feels like to be caught up in a particular situation or circumstance, a moment of fleeting joy, sorrow, panic, regret, confusion, astonishment. Put simply, here is writing about what it feels like to be alive and sometimes, as in Ross Crawford’s It’s a Lang (Efter)life<\/em> and Lyndsey Croal’s Vacancy<\/em>, what it feels like to be dead. There are poem and stories about snowberries and the passing of time, motherlands and a father’s hands, stars and bones, and much else besides. They can prompt a grin or stir a wee shiver of pain \u2013 a few may even make you wince \u2013 but they all do the important work of reminding us what it feels like to be human in a more than human world, doing our best to ask good questions, tell good stories, find the right words.’ \u2014Chris Powici, author of Look, Breathe<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This ‘cracking wee book’ is a collection of over fifty works<\/strong> from Soor Ploom Press featuring some short poems and stories from the popular Weekly Ploom \u2013 now in print for the first time \u2013 as well as many other original pieces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

AVAILABLE NOW<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u00a31 from the sale of each book will be donated to the Shannon Trust, a charity which helps prisoners who can read to teach those who can’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":777,"template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[30],"product_tag":[31,34,32,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-772","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-anthologies","7":"product_tag-anthology","8":"product_tag-flash-fiction","9":"product_tag-poetry","10":"product_tag-short-stories","11":"desktop-align-left","12":"tablet-align-left","13":"mobile-align-left","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"featured","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nShort and Sweet: volume one - 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