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Kirsty Logan

Hello! I’m Kirsty Logan, a writer of novels and short stories. My latest book is Now She is Witch, a medieval witch revenge quest. My other books are Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales.

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Kirsty Logan

Hello! I’m Kirsty Logan, a writer of novels and short stories. My latest book is Now She is Witch, a medieval witch revenge quest. My other books are Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales.

Blog: Thievery

Thievery: That Dark Remembered Day

17th Jul 2014 in Guest Post, Thievery

Thievery is a series of blog posts about story inspirations. On Thursdays, I invite my favourite writers to share the inspirations behind their stories. Here’s one from the ever-charming Tom Vowler. The Story: That Dark Remembered Day was published by Headline. An Extract: High above him a bird drifted idly on the thermals. He trained the binoculars upwards but it was only a gull, buoyant in its long arcs, slowly heading out to the coast. His father’s obsession with the…

Thievery: And the World Was Crowded With Things That Meant Love

5th Jun 2014 in Guest Post, Thievery

Thievery is a series of blog posts about story inspirations. On Thursdays, I invite my favourite writers to share the inspirations behind their stories. Here’s one from one of my all-time favourite short story writers, Amber Sparks. The Story: ‘And the World Was Crowded With Things That Meant Love’ was published in Matter. An Extract: Down the years they sent their strange missives. She sent maps made of clay, locks with no key, books with words cut out, fantastical animals…

Thievery: This Is Not Your Great-Great Granddaughter’s Roller Derby

22nd May 2014 in Guest Post, Thievery

Thievery is a series of blog posts about story inspirations. On Thursdays, I invite my favourite writers to share the inspirations behind their stories. Here’s one from the most fabulous Kaite Welsh. The Story: ‘This Is Not Your Great-Great Granddaughter’s Roller Derby’ was published in For Books’ Sake’s Derby Shorts anthology. An Extract: The truth is, we have always been competing against one another. To be prettier, more accomplished, better-dressed. To be the most marriagable. And though none of us dare…

Thievery: The Busker

15th May 2014 in Guest Post, Thievery

Thievery is a series of blog posts about story inspirations. On Thursdays, I invite my favourite writers to share the inspirations behind their stories. Here’s one from novelist Liam Murray Bell. The Story: The Busker was published by Myriad Editions. An Extract: ‘Wake up!’ I try again. ‘Rab?’ the voice is thick with catarrh, but he hocks it up and a phlegm-missile flies out from beneath the blanket to land on the solicitor’s door and dribble down the paintwork. It…

Thievery: Northern Lights/The Year Of The Whale

8th May 2014 in Guest Post, Thievery

Thievery is a series of blog posts about story inspirations. On Thursdays, I invite my favourite writers to share the inspirations behind their stories. Here’s one from novelist and flash-fictioneer Simon Sylvester. The Story: ‘Northern Lights/The Year Of The Whale’ was published in Gutter. An Extract: A gull. It’s always a gull. I look at the ceiling of my bedroom, centuries old. Gulls and the sound of blankets, my missus on the move. Everything is muted blue and darking dull. When…

Thievery: A Rough Guide to Grief

1st May 2014 in Guest Post, Thievery

Thievery is a series of blog posts about story inspirations. On Thursdays, I invite my favourite writers to share the inspirations behind their stories. Here’s one from one of Scotland’s finest up-and-coming writers, Anneliese Mackintosh. The Story: ‘A Rough Guide To Grief’ was originally published in Gutter #8. An Extract: Everyone grieves differently. There is no right or wrong way to do it. Your grief is personal to you. It is unique. However. Unique is a very strong word, isn’t…