Open Secrets

by Katy Darby

Tobias, struggling to pay tuition fees as he finishes his doctorate in moral philosophy, works as a chef in an unpopular tapas bar. His girlfriend, Casey, is a waitress and T-shirt entrepreneur manque who needs capital to realize her dreams. Monday is the deadest night of the week, but their luck looks about change when the enigmatic Leila walks into the bar which is situated just down the road from MI6...|2 women, 1 man

30 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2004

About the author

Katy Darby studied English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford and took her MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she received the David Higham Award.

Her fiction has been read on BBC Radio, and she has published stories in magazines including Slice, Mslexia and The London Magazine, as well as winning prizes in several international fiction competitions (Fish, Arvon and Bridport, among others). Her first novel, The Whores' Asylum, was published by Fig Tree (Penguin) in February 2012.

She teaches Short Story Writing and Novel Writing at City University and co-runs the monthly live fiction event Liars' League. She lives in London.