The Third Script

by Rachel Edwards (Editor), Shirindokht Nourmanesh (Editor), Sean Preston (Editor)

Stories from Iran, Tasmania and the UK.

A Collection of short stories from writers at varying stages in their career, from emerging to internationally acclaimed, of open theme from three locations, Iran, Tasmania & the UK.

Contents:

Foreword Amanda Lohrey
Watching the Cricket on a Windy Day Bert Spinks
Lean On Me Shreya Sen Handley
In the Afternoon, the Goat Has All The Answers Ramin Zahed
Leisureland Amber Wilson
Is There Something Wrong? Nooshin Vahidi
Tom’s Eyes Matt G Turpin
There are No Jellyfish in El Paso Nazli Artemia
Dancing in Red Square Moniro Ravanipour
The Tiger Quoll Robbie Arnott
A War Siamak Vossoughi
Sing kunanyi Zane Pinner
The Punch Line Lisa Fontaine
The Swim Back Ruairi Murphy
The Carnivorous Business Algorithm or The Spam Email Rag Andrew J Lambie
The Backwards March David McGrath
Waxina Fereshteh Molavi
Clarity Jamie Collinson
Katrin Farhad Babaei
The Deal the Deal the Deal Lucinda Shannon
May I Have a Word? Shirindokht Nourmanesh

177 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2016

About the author

Rachel Edwards is an alumna of King’s College London where she read French with English BA (Hons).

She won an Arts Council award for her fiction and worked as a freelance writer for over 12 years prior to publishing her debut novel 'Darling' with Fourth Estate, HarperCollins. Her articles feature in the national press, including The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and she is a regular guest at literary festivals and on BBC radio.