A Pocketful of String

by A.E. Shaw

A collection of eleven short and very short stories, ranging from the curious to the ridiculous, with pauses for sentimentality and comedy in between. A pixie leaps from a breakfast egg, a dining room table becomes the focus of marital issues, and Horacia meets a snake in a bank and discovers something very unusual about her father.

54 pages, ebook

First published July 14, 2013

About the author

A. E. Shaw is 31, from London, and more commonly known as Abigail. She spent much of her childhood sitting on the banks of the Thames making tiny fires in bottle tops whilst listening to the old BBC dramatisation of Lord of the Rings and The Archers. Since then she's lived in a dilapidated castle, survived being both secretary and I.T. wizard, and nearly learnt Swedish.

'The Pulse' is her first novel, inspired by precisely half these experiences and a desire to toy with characters she hasn't encountered before. She is currently working on her second novel, which may or may not involve a time-travelling secretary, as well as juggling a dozen short stories and trying to stop herself from spending her every waking moment working on a sequel to 'The Pulse'.