CUT

by Ray Robinson

Winner of the Phillip Good Memorial Prize


"A powerful distillation of fear, anger and compassion. Ray Robinson’s “Cut” is one of those short stories I’ll get out and make people read when they question the value of the form. When they question its ability to move you. When they ask how something so short can ever really amount to anything. It provides the perfect answer."


Nicholas Royle

27 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 23, 2012

About the author

Robinson first won attention in 2006 with his debut novel, Electricity. It was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors' Club First Novel Award. The film adaptation of Electricity, starring Agyness Deyn, Tom Georgeson, and Christian Cooke, made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, and won Best Screenplay at the National Film Awards 2015.

Robinson's other novels are The Man Without (2008), Forgetting Zoe (2010), and Jawbone Lake (2014).

Forgetting Zoe was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize and was the Observer's 'Thriller of the Month'. Robinson was hailed as 'among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation' by the Irish Times, and the Irish Independent called Jawbone Lake 'a literary thriller of the highest order'.

Robinson is a post-graduate of Lancaster University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Creative Writing in 2006, and is a Mentor for The Literary Consultancy. He has appeared at literary festivals around the world, including La Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, Mexico, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Robinson is currently working on a feature-length screenplay, and a novel for teenagers.