The Gift

This is Wayne Connolly's first collection of short stories, written between 2020 and 2022.

Paperback, 158 pages.

Publication date Thursday 19 January 2023.

Includes "Aniela and James: a love story", which was shortlisted for the Short Fiction/University of Essex International Short Story Prize in 2022, and "The Life and Sulphurous Death of Theo D" which was longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press prize 2021/22.

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'Wayne Connolly is a writer fully alive to the magic of the moment' - David Keenan

'Connolly's considered prose is some of the sharpest you'll encounter' - Ali Millar

'It's such a treat to be able to read Wayne's beautiful, concise, gentle stories in one place' - Orla Owen

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Cover illustration and design by Stevie Mitchell
www.inkyconditions.co.uk

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This edition has now sold out.

Thanks to the generosity of all those who bought a copy, over £850 has been raised for blood cancer charities Bright Red and Blood Cancer UK.

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You can contact Wayne Connolly directly at [email protected]
or follow on Twitter @KeeperOfPybus