“I think I love you.”
“It’s not you, it’s me.”
“I’m pregnant.”
“I’m gay.”
“I have cancer.”
We need to talk.

Nineteen stories about difficult conversations, from sweet to awkward to awful.

Story contributed: An Intervention, a comedy involving a hen night, a control freak bride, several male strippers and a gorilla suit.

Other contributors include Daisy Buchanan, Milly Johnson and Tiffany Sherlock. Profits go to the gynaecological cancer charity, The Eve Appeal.

Behind the Scenes…

This was my first published fiction! When I first heard about the competition I had some serious story in mind with a very heavy theme, but at the time I was preparing for my own wedding and couldn’t concentrate on anything else. So I wrote a quite ridiculous but fun story about a very controlling bride and a group of bridesmaids who hatch a ridiculous plan to escape her reign of terror. Well, it made me laugh. I got to meet the other winners at a brilliant book launch on the South Bank – I finally felt like I was on my way to becoming a published author.

“I know, officer, it’s most irregular isn’t it? I can understand why you’d want to check it out. After all, when you find someone handcuffed to a lamp post wearing a gorilla suit it’s usually a man, right? Some poor stag with over-enthusiastic mates. I bet you didn’t expect to lift that ape mask and find the respected finance director of an international company.”

An Intervention