Guardian Weekend magazine short stories

[mrsmike]

Did anyone read the Julie Myerson short story in Weekend magazine? Gosh it was bleak. Couldn't find anything uplifting in it at all, could you?

Did NO ONE read this

must admit I did read through the list of authors 'Dave Eggers, brill, David Mitchell, fantastic... oh, Julie Myerson'

I read it. I thought the central metaphor was an old one and the quality of the writing not wonderful, but it moved me. Liked some of the winning unpublished stories. Think the short stories series throughout has very patchy in quality.

thanks for the reminder anyway
thought i had read the whole magazine, but obviously hadnt read the short stories

Sorry pofaced but what are you referring to as the central metaphor - something to do with the sea - I am quite out of practise with lit crit these days!

the 'love is like drowning' one.

They always choose "the usual suspects". People who are mates of the Grauniad. It's just like the "summer recommendations" - "ooh, must plug my friends' books."