Raw Material

by Sue Wilsea

Overview

Raw Material is a new collection of short stories from one of Hull's foremost twenty-first century writers. Some of the characters in these tales are writers too - others are murderers, some are both. One is Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant. Some may not be human; but that would be telling.

'Do not expect gentle bedtime stories from Sue Wilsea's latest collection. Rather, expect to grip your seat in anticipation ... of wonderful words that grip and explode and then tug earnestly at your inner self.'
- Val Wood

'This wise, beautiful collection explores themes of living and dying, succeeding and failing, loving and hating, creating and failing to create. The stories' narrators are a delight ... I was completely engrossed by this collection from start to finish.'
- Cassandra Parkin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908853783
Publisher:	Lendal Press
Publication date:	02/02/2017
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.72(w) x 7.48(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Sue Wilsea's work is with words, whether that's writing, performing or teaching. Her fiction and poetry has been widely published and broadcast, and 2012 saw the publication of her first collection of short stories, 'Staying Afloat'. In 2014 she gained an MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. As a freelance Arts practitioner Sue currently delivers Creative Writing classes and undertakes a wide range of writing / literature-based projects. She has four grown-up children, lives with her husband in North Lincolnshire and buys too many books and earrings.

Table of Contents

The Big Idea
Raw Material
What's Underneath
The Stories We Tell
A Matter of Life and Death
Words, Words, Words
Grains of Truth
Beneath the Skin
A Bench and a Ladder
Blue Sky Thinking
Honeypot
Scarborough Warning
View from the Top
A Blue Dress
Robert Plant was at my ex-husband's wake

Editorial Reviews

"Do not expect gentle bedtime stories from Sue Wilsea's latest collection. Rather, expect to grip your seat in anticipation ... of wonderful words that grip and explode and then tug earnestly at your inner self."
-- Val Wood


"This wise, beautiful collection explores themes of living and dying, succeeding and failing, loving and hating, creating and failing to create. The stories' narrators are a delight ... I was completely engrossed by this collection from start to finish."
-- Cassandra Parkin

From the Publisher