![]() ![]() ![]() Between the stories and vignettes are woven literary quotes and references from Austen, Dickinson, Tennyson, and Kipling, to name a few. One specific section haunts me: when Logan recounts her first interaction with another person in some time and realises she hasn’t said any words aloud but only in her head. These vignettes are sometimes deeply personal, or painful insights into the writing process, or reflections on the beauty and isolation of her time in Iceland. ![]() Things We Say in the Dark is a collection of short stories separated into parts – the House, the Child, and the Past – with interspersed vignettes from Logan, some of which recount her time on a writing residency in Iceland. Since then, I have been excited to hear more of Logan’s horror – her new collection does not disappoint. I was already a fan of Kirsty Logan’s work, which explores the dark and fantastical, through her previous novels, as well as hearing her perform at events, such as when she read her wonderfully titled short story “Girls are Always Hungry When all the Men are Bite-Size” which also features in Things We Say in the Dark. ![]()
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