J M Gilmour

Tall Tales, Small Stories J M Gilmour

Two parts alcohol to one part mob mentality is a dangerous cocktail when a party of hard-drinking neighbours turn their attention to the suspected paedophile across the street. A child on a car journey inadvertently leaves three dead bodies in her wake, changing the course of her life forever. A small boy begs for the bedtime horror story he cannot bear to hear, and a vulnerable young woman opens her door to a friend with a gun. Nailed to the wall of some of life's big events- birth, death, love and dementia, are sixteen stories of everyday people, their lives growing like weeds in the cracks, exposing seams of isolation, obsession, the ridiculous qualities of all human existence and the fundamental need to be a part of something.