How the Light Gets In
Published on 7. June 2018
176 pages
978-1-910312-13-1 (ISBN)
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How The Light Gets In is the first collection from award winning short story writer and novelist, Clare Fisher. A book of very short stories that explores the spaces between light and dark and how we find our way from one to the other.
From buffering Skype chats and the truth about beards, to fried chicken shops and the things smartphones make you less likely to do when alone in a public place, Fisher paints a complex, funny and moving portrait of contemporary British life.
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Clare Fisher was born in Tooting, south London in 1987. After accidentally getting obsessed with writing fiction when she should have been studying for a BA in History at the University of Oxford, Clare completed an MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. An avid observer of the diverse area of south London in which she grew up, Clare's writing is inspired by her long-standing interest in social exclusion and the particular ways in which it affects vulnerable women and girls. She now lives in Leeds, where she writes, teaches creative writing and works as a bookseller.
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- Learning To Live With Cracks
- in praise of cracks
- textbook burglar
- never mind the gap
- something else
- the genius
- mistakes
- the thing about sheep
- the insomniac
- what women want
- dark places to watch out for [1]
- the neurotic
- conclusions
- the guardian of travellers
- me-time
- helping elbow
- things smartphones make you less likely to do when alone, in a public place
- fried chicken
- this city knows you better than you think
- the truth about beards
- like, the best night out ever
- dark places to watch out for [2]
- no one messes with hot pants
- shortcuts
- twenty-first century celebrity
- this city's roaring edge
- under construction
- How The Light Gets Between You And Me
- blip blip blip
- one woman's love
- without the dark there would be no you
- things smartphones make you less likely to do when in a private place, with or without other people
- headtorch
- the wrong thing
- dark places to watch out for [3]
- unproductive behaviours
- mine
- the impossibility of later
- midday in my mind
- How The Light Gets Out
- repeat
- is this it
- have you seen this person
- this application will save your life
- a shock
- daylight robbery
- dark places to watch out for [4]
- not talking about it
- happy, sad, numb
- over the edge
- the other lady of the night
- Learning To Live With Cracks Again
- dark places to watch out for [5]
- how to talk about potholes
- the moon on your face
- discovery in the dark
- why i'm not scared
- no further than a selfie stick
- do not alight here
- unnecessary attachments
- mix up
- trying
- more than lunch
- the engine
- everything i know about divine light
