These short fictions and prose poems are beautifully bizarre: bread can no longer be thought of as wholesome comforting loaves; the pretensions of the male chef are subjected to a light roasting; a poisonous brew is concocted by cynical five year olds; and knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark.
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[The first thing I can remember is a blue line - (AUTOBIOGRAPHY)]
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(Virago, 6 February 2014, first published 1983, 116 pages, ebook, A Year Of @EpicReads 2019, a book full of short stories, copy from @AmazonKindle)
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I really enjoyed the stories in this collection, many of these are very short, no more than one or two pages. I enjoy very short stories because the author has a lot of work to do over a small space. Each story is quite dark in tone and the subject matter varies. Atwood is one of my favourite writers but strangely enough I've never read any of her short fiction. I read this is a very short space of time as its only 122 pages long. The best stories were Making Poison. Boyfriends, Murder In The Dark, Raw Materials and She.
