Attention Seekers - Brankin, Emma
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Some stories will do anything to get your attention... In this thrilling and unflinching debut collection, an eclectic group of characters struggle with the lure of the limelight. A teenager escapes school gossip to hang out with a dead Tudor queen; a reality show applicant has a bitter axe to grind; a spiralling woman weaponises her cat's internet fame to keep track of her ex; a guest has a mute meltdown while reluctantly attending a silent retreat... Attention Seekers is a tour-de-force of dark humour and social commentary, deconstructing what it means to take up space and be seen - and at what cost.…mehr

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Some stories will do anything to get your attention... In this thrilling and unflinching debut collection, an eclectic group of characters struggle with the lure of the limelight. A teenager escapes school gossip to hang out with a dead Tudor queen; a reality show applicant has a bitter axe to grind; a spiralling woman weaponises her cat's internet fame to keep track of her ex; a guest has a mute meltdown while reluctantly attending a silent retreat... Attention Seekers is a tour-de-force of dark humour and social commentary, deconstructing what it means to take up space and be seen - and at what cost.
Autorenporträt
Emma Brankin is a writer and educator from Glasgow, Scotland with a Masters in Creative Writing and Education from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her work has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize's Short Story Contest. In 2021, she won the Short Story contests for Fugue Fiction, To Hull and Back and Superlative. Other stories have appeared in publications such as Narrative Magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly and X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine. She assists her cat Sabre with his burgeoning social media career where he shares book recommendations on Instagram via @sabre_reads.