In Issue 45 of Brittle Star, we have wonderful new work from 26 poets including Anna Robinson, Anne Ryland, Kitty Coles, Katherine Gallagher, Paul Blake, Brian Docherty, Robert Etty and Di Slaney, and 6 short fiction writers including Daniel Bennett, SP Hannaway and Michael Loveday.
Sarah Passingham’s fiction column explores what constitutes a short story when she discusses composite forms, Gavin Jones presents a composite article looking at the literary ghost story and hauntings through the works of MR James, Vernon Lee and Boccaccio, and Fawzia Muradali Kane reviews collections by Alex Barr and Jeremy Page.