by Diane Becker
Many thanks to Emma Alonze for narrating, and Andy Becker for recording these very short stories / poems, written and published in anthologies / online lit mags between 2009-2012. New stuff finally on its way – a long and convoluted journey #betweenhereandthere. More shortly!
Categories: Poetry, Short Fiction • Tags: audioshortstories
by Diane Becker
Spent spring and summer on the hill and many hot afternoons in the ‘van catching up with friends and family. Also caught Lorrie Moore and Joshua Ferris reading at the Hay Festival which was brilliant! This time here (our third summer) I’ve read a LOT: Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams; Richard Ford, Canada; Annie Proulx’s Bird Cloud; Paul Theroux on The Old Patagonian Express; Bruce Chatwin On The Black Hill; Robert MacFarlane’s The Old Ways; Kjell Askildsen, Selected Stories; Kyle Minor, In The Devil’s […]
Categories: Journal, Short Fiction, What I'm reading • Tags: Short Fiction, short story, Writing
by Diane Becker
“As soon as she’s organised, she walks onto the glass bridge and through the warm blue sky, her arms stretched out from her sides. People stare, and some throw her cranky looks because of all the space she’s taking up, but she doesn’t care. She twirls above the rush of water and inside the cool of clouds, gravity as good as gone.” Extract from Ethel Rohan‘s second collection, Goodnight Nobody. Reviewed here (by me) for The Short Review.
Categories: Reviews, Short Fiction • Tags: Ethel Rohan, Goodnight Nobody, review, Short Fiction, Short Story Collection
by Diane Becker
New short short, Knots, up at The Postcard Press. Cheers Caitlin.
Categories: Published Work, Short Fiction • Tags: Diane Becker, Knots, Short Fiction, The Postcard Press
by Diane Becker
I don’t make resolutions that involve deprivation. No point, I have zero will-power when it comes to roll-ups, cake or coffee, but because I don’t drink alcohol (at all), gave up chocolate last July, and just happen not to like biscuits, I don’t see any harm indulging in these (few) oral pleasures. It all balances out (My Rules). One thing I like about living in the north is that people talk to each other – they say hello in shops, […]
Categories: Journal, Short Fiction • Tags: Tiny things are the way to go
by Diane Becker
Loose Wiring is a collaborative and experimental (very) short fiction and drawing project that I’m working on with artist Mark Clements. The first few posts are over on my my new blog (here) and he’ll be posting them on his blog too.
Categories: Art, Short Fiction • Tags: Collaboration, Diane Becker, Drawing, Loose Wiring, Short Fiction
