Born in the Midlands in the early Seventies, Dan Powell worked as a Secondary School English Teacher for nearly ten years and is currently studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. His work has most recently appeared in the pages of Carve Magazine, Paraxis, Structo, The Molotov Cocktail, and Fleeting. He recently received a Carve Esoteric Award for his short story ‘Storm in a Teacup’, while ‘Half-mown Lawn’ won the Yeovil Literary Prize for short fiction and is included in Salt Publishing’s The Best British Short Stories 2012. His currently unpublished debut collection of short fiction was shortlisted for the 2013 Scott Prize. When not writing, Dan teaches part time and takes care of his young family as a homedad.
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Just stumbled across your site through Twitter… I made Best British Short Stories our book club book in December and your story was one of the favourites…
Hi Alex. That’s brilliant to hear. It’s a great collection. Glad my story struck a chord with the group.
Hi Dan. Just read Storm in a Teacup, and I wanted to let you know that it touched me immensely in ways I wasn’t expecting. Such wise and tender writing. You seem to pick your words with a real sensitivity, and I was taken with how you managed to tell the story through a very unique omniscient narrator without having him stomping about all over the place and knocking over the characters’ cups. Such a tricky thing to do. I doff my hat to you, sir.
Anyhow, thank you for sharing a very perfect thing. I’ll definitely take a look at some of your other stories. Looking over the blog, I’ve like the music/films/books you’ve shared, and your posts about writing resonate with me, so I’ll try and keep up with goings-on here, even though I’m not that great at internety stuff.
Peace out. Good luck with the MA, and all that jazz.
Holly
Hi Holly. Thanks so much for taking the time to read my story and then taking the time to pop in here and share your thoughts. I love how you describe my narrator in Storm in a Teacup. That’s exactly the effect I was going for and you express it so beautifully.
Found your comment as I was just about to start writing this morning. Just the best way to start a writing session. Really appreciate you taking the time to read my work. Hope you enjoy whatever else you read. Hopefully see you round.
Dan.