There was no way I could finish one of her deliciously dark stories and not immediately turn the page to the next one to see what her fervid imagination would offer me next. Julia Armfield’s debut collection was one that demanded to be devoured. Most of the time though, I just devour them. Some need to be digested slowly, two or three a week. Of course, I read my fair share of bad ones too, or ones that just weren’t for me, but mostly I found a new love for the short story.įast forward to 2019 and I’m now always eager to pick up a collection and dive right in. I came to recognise and appreciate the talent that goes into writing short stories. Although I only lasted six months with the one a day, that was more than enough to dispel any notions I had of short stories ‘not being enough’. I wanted more from the stories basically, I wanted them to be novels.īut then last year, as a bookish New Year’s resolution, I decided I was going to overcome my aversion to short stories by forcing myself to read one a day – facing your fears head on and all that.
Once upon a time, I was a person who made the bold claim: ‘I don’t like short stories.’ Imagine that, just writing off a whole genre like that! In the past whenever I dabbled in short story collections (which wasn’t even that often so I’m not actually sure how I came to this conclusion), I guess I was always left feeling unsatisfied.
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