Microstory guest writer – Andrew J. Wilson Wednesday, 3 June 2009

This week we have a special guest writer to contribute the next 100 words in Sally Challenger’s expedition journal. He is an Edinburgh man who has written a Professor Challenger story – but no, Kiwi, we haven’t resurrected Arthur Conan Doyle. Instead, we’re lucky enough to have persuaded Andrew J. Wilson to write for us.

Andrew J. Wilson is a writer and editor who lives in Edinburgh. His short stories have appeared all over the world, sometimes in the most unlikely places. He has also written poetry and plays. With Neil Williamson, he co-edited Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction.

Andrew performed “Out of the Depths” – a “new” Professor Challenger story – at the Writers’ Bloc spoken-word event during The Lost World Read 2009. You can read the first four chapters of the story online. He also took part in the Scotsman Book Club that discussed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World.

Much as I love “Out of the Depths”, my favourite piece of Andrew’s writing is one of his shortest-ever stories. This won the Scotland on Sunday six-word story competition:

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Andrew’s microstory will be posted this Friday, 5th June, and then it’ll be back to you to continue the story of the Challenger expedition.