Wrapped Town and Other Stories

'Unputdownable... exquisitely crafted... a supreme storyteller' - Marilyn Runcie 'Deliciously surreal... lovers of Carter, Winterson and Atwood will adore this' - Ellie Zeegen 'Wise, witty and wonderful... reaffirmed my love of the short story.' Claire Wingfield 23 stories of extraordinary imagination by award-winning Scottish writer Jules Horne. Dolly the Sheep is anointed by angels, a girl rugby-tackles Scottish country dancers, an old horse bequeaths its bones, an artist wraps a town in a shimmering canopy... Fans of Angela Carter, Ray Bradbury and Patrick Suskind will enjoy this first collection of prize-winners and published stories in the Scottish Gothic tradition by Borders writer Jules Horne. Immensely talented and truly original - Anjali Singh, Vintage Books Jules's plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio and won two Edinburgh Fringe Firsts. She writes in a former weaving mill in Selkirk, with a blues band next door.

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Jules Horne is an award-winning playwright and fiction writer from Scotland. She studied German and French at Oxford University and worked as a translator and journalist in Germany and Switzerland, before becoming a full-time writer. Her plays have been performed on BBC Radio and at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and she teaches creative writing for the Open University.