Scottish Love Stories

by Susie Maguire (editor)

Love, desire, romance, passion, lust, emotion and humour are found in this collection of Scottish love stories.

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 1995

About the author

Susie Maguire is a writer best known for short stories. As well as publishing two collections - The Short Hello (2001) and Furthermore (2005) - more than thirty of her stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. She is an experienced editor, having produced four anthologies to date (Little Black Dress (2007); Something Wicked: New Scottish Crime Fiction (2000); Scottish Love Stories (1995); and Hoots! An anthology of Scottish comic writing (2001)). An accomplished broadcaster and stage performer, with a background in acting, stand-up comedy and television presenting, she is a member of Equity, and of the Society of Authors. An Arvon tutor at Moniack Mhor and The Story House Ireland, she is also a mentor for WoMentoring.

Reviews

[Plum-crazy · Rating 2 out of 5]

With a short story collection I usually find that they divide into 3 categories in my mind, these being: liked, disliked & didn't understand. There's some noted names here but sadly they haven't impressed me. There were a few stories I might class as liked - although the only one I recall is "The Day I Met Sean Connery"- & it's not that I particularly disliked the rest, more that I just didn't understand them!

There was one I gave up on but I can't remember which - I guess I didn't find them very memorable.

[Nikolai · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some pretty good stories, mostly in the middle of the book, but most are boring and not exciting at all. Cute too dive into Scottish literature but not that deeply.