The short story below won the Sandstone Press Prize for Short Fiction in 2020 To: CXXXXX MXXXXXX (Redacted) Subject: Care Report (Personal) Date: Viral Surge 15.1 Dear Mother I hope you are not alarmed to lose me to the War effort and are bearing Lock Down well. As this is not yourContinue reading “An epidemic of Kindness (redacted)”
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Sandstone Short Fiction Prize
I shouldn’t break character but my creator has won the 2020 Sandstone Press short fiction prize for his story ‘An Epidemic of Kindness [redacted]’. Sandstone Press judge DanBrotzel described the piece as ‘dystopian’ and ‘sinister’. The Sandstone Press citation states: “In this dystopian satire – a partially redacted dispatch from a carer on the frontlineContinue reading “Sandstone Short Fiction Prize”
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