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"Knowing What to Say" published
in Cutting Teeth magazine, Issue 10 (ISSN
1357-132X). "The Practicality of Magnolia"
published in Shorts, the Macallan / Scotland on Sunday
Collection, 1998 (ISBN 0 7486 6245 6) "Hard Cheese, Soft Cheese"
published in Northwords (ISSN 0964-68-6876) "Teuchter Dancing when the
Lights Go Out" published in the Flamingo New Scottish
Writing 1997 anthology (ISBN 0 00 655050
9) "No story captures the
possibilities of redemptive imagination more
effectively… Here is the triumph of spirit
over death, in the short, intense expression of a
credo of life-in-death from a paralysed man using
memory to dance, as his limbs one-by-one switch
off..." - Douglas Gifford "Raymond
Soltysek’s contribution stands out a
mile… [the] reminiscences [of the
main character] are painful and tasty - an
escape from the staggering chill of motionless
incapacity - and the author has freeze-dried this
mood with little obvious effort." - Donald
MacInnes, Press and Journal "Afterbirth" broadcast under the
title Blood Ties, BBC Radio 4 Short Story,
May One man show, "Business
and other nice wee stories".. "Brings a dynamic
physicality to his extraordinarily vivid
writing… given the right encouragement and
support, [he] will almost certainly become
one of the writers setting the agenda for the "new
wave" of literature in Scotland and Britain…"
- Kathryn Heyman, author of Orange and
Stakis prize-nominated novel, The
Breaking. "Blades" published in
Chapman, Issue 84 (ISBN 0 906772 76 1) "The Pear" published in West
Coast magazine, Issue 24 (ISSN 0963-732X) "Finders Keepers" and "Santa
Claus is Coming to Town" published in Finders
Keepers, Barrhead centenary anthology (ISBN 0 86122 021
8) "Newton's Cradle" published in
Rebel Inc. magazine, Issue 5 (ISSN 0966-436X) "Drowning in the Shallows" joint
winner of the Glasgow University DACE / Clyde 2 short story
competition, judged by Janice Galloway
