![]() ![]() ![]() Sullivan embodies this mantra, and his snapshots are more like dark portraits of society’s underbelly its most sinister desires and unspoken realities. ![]() "There’s a mantra, for crafting short fiction, which claims “a good short story opens on a scene in progress, and never really ends.” A short story is a snapshot of a life in progress, focused on a pivotal moment in the character’s life. "The 20 stories in All We Want Is Everything are hard and unforgiving, dragging the reader bodily through a world in which factory machines mangle workers beyond repair and clouds of birds descend on a city, turning it into a toxic wasteland of filth and unbreathable air."Ĭhad Pelley, in Telegraph-Journal/Salon writes: Write his name down because hopefully he’s going to be a big deal." …It’s a startling debut by one of my new favourite writers whose promise is clear and future looks bright. The writing is a clean right hook that lands with precision. "All We Want Is Everything is a slim book but it is jammed with stories that drip with guts, bodily emissions, and heartache, told by narrators who long for a real connection. Zoe Whittall, in The Globe and Mail writes: ![]()
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