Slut: Pure Slush Vol. 1

by Matt Potter (Editor), Cheryl Anne Gardner (Contributor), Meg Tuite (Contributor)

a zesty, amusing (and serious) anthology of fiction and non-fiction on the theme 'slut'

112 pages, Paperback

First published April 14, 2012

About the author

Matt Potter is a journalist, editor and broadcaster. He has reported for BBC Radio from Eastern Europe, Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, and co-presented Radio 1's award-winning global travel shows. As a journalist, his nose for the unusual has seen his writing appear in places as diverse as the Daily Telegraph, Golf Monthly, Esquire, Sunday Telegraph, Jack, Maxim, the Irish Examiner and Q, and his stories on cocaine trafficking in Latin America have been published in Russian, Spanish and English. As a journalist in Belgrade, he broke the story of the NATO 'spy' giving away secrets to Serb forces on the web. He speaks a handful of languages but attempts to speak at least twenty more. Matt is 39 and lives in London.

Reviews

[Richard Bon · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection by a group of talented writers. My favorite stories included Meg Tuite's Penicello, Sally Reno's Ulysses, sailing, and Give it a go by Andrew Bowles. Editor Matt Potter surely had a deft hand in keeping all of the stories tight without compromising each writer's unique voice. Highly recommend for fans of literary flash fiction.

[Brendan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: Soft 4.

Another Pure Slush offering. The stories move well. The authors are in tune with the modern world. There's a decent amount of variety, despite what might seem like a narrow topic. The collection is better for its depth than its stand-out selections.

My favorites:
"Idle River" - Susan Tepper
"Hostage" - Maude Larke
"Fragments" - William Henderson