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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Assoociation for Scottish Literature

ISBN: 9781906841669

RRP: £9.95

PAGES: 184

PUBLICATION DATE:
August 21, 2025

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A Chaos of Light: New Writing Scotland 43

Edited by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O' Gallagher

New Writing Scotland is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year it publishes the very best from both emerging and established writers, and lists many of the leading literary lights of Scotland among its past (and present) contributors. A Chaos Of Light: New Writing Scotland 43 is the latest collection of excellent contemporary literature, drawn from a wide cross-section of
Scottish culture and society, and includes new work from thirty-seven authors – some internationally renowned, and some just beginning their careers.

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Craig Aitchison . . . . . First / Babel / Murmur / Last
Sharon Black . . . . . Christmas Drinks
Niki Brennan . . . . . Croft / You have a pot of stew cooking on the stove / Rabbit Season
Kevin Cormack . . . . . Shoracks / Guts
Mila Daskalova . . . . . The Holiday
Rodge Glass . . . . . Return to ‘The Gorbals’
Reyzl Grace . . . . . Brigadoon / The Witchin Oor
Lydia Harris . . . . . Mary Dykes Brown / Request to Fife Bereavement Services / Words to conjure strong protections for White Moss / the key is that Mary died
Stella Hervey Birrell . . . . . Your back reminds me of Christ of Saint John of the Cross / Christmas Sonnet, 2022 / Lost Property
Elizabeth Ingram Wallace . . . . . Thick Lines of Sky and Scissor Sharp Suns
Karen Jones . . . . . Straw Woman
Allie Kerper . . . . . Sext After Therapy / ASMR Girlfriend Mutual Attention Vignettes Stream of Consciousness (Softspoken, Relaxing)
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir . . . . . Eithne / Coille Ghallaibh / Mac-meanmna / An Caolas
Donnchadh MacCàba . . . . . Às Ùr / Sgòthan
Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin . . . . . Ainglean
Scott McNee . . . . . Up Beinn Chabhair
Kevin MacNeil . . . . . Morning is Broken
Kathleen Marshall . . . . . The Sum of His Misfortunes
Philip Miller . . . . . On Being Poisoned
Victoria NicIomlair . . . . . Deireadh Shamhraidh / Gach Oidhche
Audrey Niven . . . . . My heart is a super-bounce ball
Amy Jo Philip . . . . . 14.6
Petra Johana Poncarová . . . . . Cumha
Julie Rea . . . . . Ashes to Ashes
Zain Rishi . . . . . Pillars / Skunks in the Mall
Romi Sarfaty . . . . . not so hard to imagine
Neil Gordon Shaw . . . . . 19 September 2014
Joey Simons . . . . . Sant Eulalia
Zusana Storrier . . . . . Renovations
Kirsty Strang-Roy . . . . . Persephone
Laura Tansley . . . . . Once a man said to me fuck you David Cameron because I’m English and when I talk you can tell
Tim Turnbull . . . . . Gerald Ford
Emily Utter . . . . . Slivers
Laura Walker . . . . . Inch
Lynnda Wardle . . . . . Visiting Cairnbaan
Christie Williamson . . . . . At Inverboyndie
Robin Lindsay Wilson . . . . . Risk Avoidance