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Published by The Pigeonhole 2015

‘Don’t Try This at Home’ was shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award 2012. ‘Conceptual’ first appeared in Burner magazine (2012). ‘There’s a Woman Works Down the Chip Shop’ was first published in the Root anthology (Iron Press, 2013). ‘Birds without Wings’ first appeared in the Asham Award winners’ anthology, Once Upon a Time There Was a Traveller (Virago, 2013). ‘Dog Years’ first appeared in Gigantic Sequins (2013). ‘The Keeper of the Jackalopes’ won the Costa Short Story Award 2013 and was first published by the Guardian online in 2014. These six stories are also published in Don’t Try This at Home (And Other Stories, 2015).

The right of Angela Readman to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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