Ellipsis 2 (2)

The second instalment in Comma's biannual series explores the possibilities of the short fiction 'sequence''; the ability of stories to dovetail together through shared characters, settings or themes, while simultaneously standing alone as independent pieces. Starting in a former mining village in County Durham in the last year of Thatcher's government, and moving through the cosmetically rebuilt landscape of the North East, these stories are set against the slow, often soulless process of 'regeneration' that homogenises as it improves. Each sequence interlinks differently to the next: in Stevenson's 'Silk' series, different accounts of a town's demise contradict and question our notion of community; in Polly Clark's 'Road Movies' dark secrets crowd in around each character, as each attempts to flee them. In Fiona Ritchie Walker's 'Memorabilia' sequence, the past is encased - more than just metaphorically - in the everyday objects her characters covet, hoard and cling to.

ISBN 0954828038   Pages 176 ISBN13 9780954828035 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Comma Press   Weight (grammes) 181 Imprint Comma Press   Published in Mytholmroyd Format Paperback   Series title Ellipsis Publication date 30 Sep 2006   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress PR   Width (mm) 135 DEWEY 823.91408   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Reconciliation by Polly Clark		1
		Lucille by Polly Clark		9
		A season in hell by Polly Clark		23
		At the water cooler by Polly Clark		37
		Elephant by Polly Clark		49
		Road kill by Polly Clark		57
		A quiet longing by Zoe Lambert		71
		The breakfast she had by Zoe Lambert		77
		The skirt by Zoe Lambert		85
		These words are no more than a story about a woman on a bus by Zoe Lambert		93
		The stop by Zoe Lambert		101
		Conception by Jane Rogers		111
		Grateful by Jane Rogers		121
		My mother and her sister by Jane Rogers		127
		Salt by Jane Rogers		135
		Meanwood by Jane Rogers		143
		The anatomist's daughters by Jane Rogers		151

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