The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.
Emma DonoghueThere may be certain genres that men dominate, but fiction not so much. The question of prizes is tricky because there are so many prizes.
Emma DonoghueShe leaped into space, high, higher than she'd ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet.
Emma Donoghue