Steph Newham has spent many years mentoring developing writers, running workshops and creative writing groups. Her work has been published in newspapers, anthologies and e-zines. Steph came to writing later in life after a career in the NHS and counselling. At the age of sixty, she did a master’s in creative writing, determined to overcome her fears of the stigma attached to dyslexia. Now she writes for pleasure at her home in south-west Scotland, where she lives with her husband Godfrey, and a collection of severed dolls’ heads.
Human ashes in a tea caddy, a baby delivered in a snowstorm, worm pie, a priest with a passion for airbrushing. How much do we know about our friends, our families, or even ourselves? This debut collection exposes the strangeness of everyday lives, embracing the light and the dark sides of human n...
