Abstract

Collection of short and flash fiction comprising:

Dobbs, Sarah (2018) The Robin. Flash, 11 (1)

Dobbs, Sarah (2017) As Linda was Buying the Tulips [Short fiction]. UNTHOLOGY 9, Unthank Books.

Dobbs, Sarah (2017) My Mother Told Me. Reflex Fiction, Reflex Fiction Quarterly international flash fiction competition

Dobbs, Sarah (2016) Burning the Ants [Short fiction]. In: The End: Fifteen Endings to Fifteen Paintings. Unthank Books. ISBN 9781910061275

The short stories that form this output explore the narrative expression of grief in a variety of formats, from flash fiction to longer prose. I utilise experimental and surrealist techniques in order to find methods that investigate how thought processes are affected during the grieving process. The output also demonstrates narrative that plays with the temporality of dramatic structure in order to subvert reader expectations.