A selection of fiction, essays, and reviews, and some reflections on the creative life.
(‘stravaig’, Scots, v.: to wander, roam, daunder, drift…)
Tell Me About Your Mother
“Bad mothers run in my family,” states Lillis Yourell, the main character of The Closet of Savage Mementos (2014)…
Staring Down the Barrel
In Barbara Pym’s memorable 1952 novel Excellent Women, staid bachelor Everard Bone remarks…
Snap, Crackle, Pop
On Thursday September 14th 1876, a murder is committed in a one-horse town on the outskirts of San Francisco…