Literary reviews by Tim Love.
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Thursday, 20 November 2025

"Sleep is a beautiful colour (NFFD anthology 2017)" by Santino Prinzi and Meg Pokrass (eds) (NFFD, 2017)

There were nearly 600 submissions.

I think I understood the intention of nearly all the pieces. Most had an observation, phrase or idea that will stick with me. A few depended on a punchline which didn't do enough. My favourites were "Sleep is a beautiful colour" (Helen Rye), "Let Robot Lawnmower Work. Enjoy your life!" (Danielle McLaughlin), "Legs in the air, we think about spring" (Angela Readman), "The complete and incomplete works of Lydia Davis" (Ingrid Jendrzejewski), "Weather girl" (Robert Shapard) and "There's no such thing as a fish" (Jude Higgins). The 10 micros at the end were all worth a read.

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