Single Shots

by Robyne Young

An anthology of short and micro fiction exploring the state of singledom in its many forms.
Take a long drink ... with a single contemplating a new relationship ... a 21-year-old Australian art student in London with a secret ... a guitar pining for quieter rhythms ... a retirement home resident facing the tyrant of time and an athlete and mother wondering where her finish line is.
And in between these stories take a shot - tequila, gin, sake, rum and end the day with a double espresso with a woman contemplating the bed she's made and whether she has to lie in it.

From country Australia in the early part of the 20th century to London in the 1960s, and the Tokyo Olympics, Single Shots will quench your thirst for stories engagingly told.

Single Shots is available from robyneyoung dot com dot au

100 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2022

About the author

Robyne Young is an Albury-based writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her work has appeared in numerous fourW anthologies, On the Wallaby Track - A Journey Across Memories, Short and Scary, ZineWest 13, New Albury Writing, online in Tincture Journal and Seizure and in her two collections of short stories, The Only Constant (2012 - reprinted 2022) and The Basket and The Briefcase (2003).

She has enjoyed an almost 40 year career in broadcast and print journalism, marketing and public relations and has a Masters in Cultural and Creative Practice from the Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University.
Follow her on Facebook and Instagram @RobyneYoungwriter, on Twitter @RobyneYoung7 or visit her website robyneyoung.com.au

Reviews

[Akima · Rating 2 out of 5]

This isnt my usual kind of read, it took a little less than an hour to get through the entire thing.
Each story is very different, but despite them being short stories they just felt a little incomplete.