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The Weight of a Feather and other stories
2013
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4.18
Average Rating
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“The promise implicit in an anthology is that it aspires to present something different, unexpected” ~ Joyce Carol Oates (Introduction to The Oxford Book of American Short Stories) From the classical form of The Weight of a Feather, first published by The Huffington Post (2013), to the suggestive allegory of The Leopard and The Lizard, this collection of short stories by South African author Judy Croome is an ideal mix of the familiar and the startling. These vibrant slices of life testify to the mysterious and luminous resources of the human spirit. Whether feeling the harrowing emotion in The Last Sacrifice or the jauntiness of Jannie Vermaak’s New Bicycle, the reader will delight in a plethora of stories that cross boundaries to both challenge and entertain with their variety. Edited by Angela Voges of Typographica Manuscript, Cape Town, South Africa. Cover Design by Michelle Davidson Argyle

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Author

Judy Croome
Judy Croome
Author · 5 books

Judy Croome lives and writes in Johannesburg, South Africa. Judy loves cats, exploring the meaning of life, chocolate, cats, rainy days, ancient churches with their ancient graveyards, cats, meditation and solitude. Oh, and cats. Judy loves cats (who already appear to have discovered the meaning of life.) Croome's fiction and poetry books "the dust of hope (rune poems)" (Aztar Press, 2021); "Drop by Drop (poems of loss) (Aztar Press, 2020); "a stranger in a strange land" (Aztar Press, 2015); “The Weight of a Feather & Other Stories” (Aztar Press, 2013), “a Lamp at Midday” (Aztar Press, 2012) and “Dancing in the Shadows of Love” (Aztar Press, 2018, 2012, 2011) are available. Croome co-authored "Street Smart Taxpayers (Juta Law, 2017) with her late husband Dr. Beric Croome. Shortlisted in the African Writing Flash Fiction 2011 competition, Judy’s short stories, poems and articles have appeared in various magazines, anthologies and newspapers, such as The Sunday Times, The Huffington Post (USA) and the University of the Witwatersrand’s Itch Magazine. In 2021 and 2016, Judy was the poetry judge for the Writers2000 (South Africa) annual poetry competition and, in 2021, presented "The Gift of Poetry" to Writers2000 (South Africa). Join her on Instagram @judy_croome or visit her on www.judycroome.com Influences are Louise Erdrich, Witi Ihimaera, Rose Tremain, Osho,Toni Morrison, sundry poets such as WB Yeats, Walt Whitman, Rumi, Kabir, Robert Frost, John Keats, John Milton, William Wordsworth and others.

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