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Superpowers
A woman who can speak with cats, a boy who can bring dead spiders back to life, a healer hiding with charlatans (and drummers) in a hippie commune, a man who retreats into invisibility, a man struggling with the pressure of being born of immaculate conception…
Superpowers is a collection of stories about people who find themselves burdened with remarkable gifts that they neither chose nor know what to do with. With a cast of characters from the margins that are at once ordinary, hidden, lonely and somehow heroic, these stories are about playing the hand you are dealt even if you don’t know what game it is you are playing.
Superpowers is a collection of stories about people who find themselves burdened with remarkable gifts that they neither chose nor know what to do with. With a cast of characters from the margins that are at once ordinary, hidden, lonely and somehow heroic, these stories are about playing the hand you are dealt even if you don’t know what game it is you are playing.
152 pages, Paperback
Published July 31, 2020
About the author
Mark A. Radcliffe
5 books18 followersMark A. Radcliffe is the author of three novels, Gabriel's Angel (2010) and Stranger Than Kindness (2013), both published by Bluemoose and a collection of short stories, Superpowers (2020) published by Valley Press.
His third novel, Three Gifts (2023) was published by Epoque Press
He is currently the Subject Lead for Creative Writing at West Dean College of Art and Conservation. Prior to that he worked as a nurse, a health journalist/columnist and a senior lecturer in mental health practice and nursing. He lives in Hove with his wife Kate and swims in the sea a lot. His daughter Maia does not swim in the sea a lot but is a faster swimmer than he is anyway. He's ok with that...no, really.
His third novel, Three Gifts (2023) was published by Epoque Press
He is currently the Subject Lead for Creative Writing at West Dean College of Art and Conservation. Prior to that he worked as a nurse, a health journalist/columnist and a senior lecturer in mental health practice and nursing. He lives in Hove with his wife Kate and swims in the sea a lot. His daughter Maia does not swim in the sea a lot but is a faster swimmer than he is anyway. He's ok with that...no, really.
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