Songbirds of pain by gary kilworth theatre

A short story should be as precise and accurate as an acupuncture needle in hitting the right nerve. There the analogy stops, for the nerve should jangle, not deaden.

Since the target is a different one each time, uniformity of type is not possible in a collection such as this, but there are linking aspects which, though vague, I hope will serve to smooth the reader’s path from one story to the next.

Songbirds of pain by gary kilworth theatre reviews

The settings are often exotic and sometimes oriental: they are drawn from cultures I have experienced and experience is too valuable to be wasted. The characters are usually ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Occasionally, where extrapolation is more important than either character or setting, such as in “Oubliette”, these are not readily identifiable, but even here the subconscious must draw on reality, and familiar, lighted areas emerge from the dark background.

What I hope the reader will find is that each story can be viewed from more than one pe