Once in a Blue Moon (stories)
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Once in a Blue Moon is the second collection of short stories
by Magnus Mills
. As in his novels, each is told by an unnamed narrator :
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Magnus Mills
Magnus Mills
- Background :Magnus Mills was born in Birmingham and brought up in Bristol. After graduating with an economics degree from Wolverhampton Polytechnic, he started a masters degree at the University of Warwick but dropped out before completion....
. As in his novels, each is told by an unnamed narrator :
- "Once in a Blue Moon" in which the narrator acts as negotiator in an armed siege between the police and his mother.
- "The Good Cop" in which he is interrogatedGood cop/Bad copGood cop/bad cop, known in British military circles as Mutt and Jeff and also called joint questioning and friend and foe, is a psychological tactic used for interrogation....
by one or possibly two identical policemen. - "They Drive by Night" in which he is picked up as a hitch-hiker by a large lorry in which he sits in the noisy cab between the driver and his mate and attempts to make sense of the conversation.
- "Screwtop Thompson" in which he is a child and receives as a present "Screwtop Thompson" a toy who's head unscrews and which came in several guises. The narrator chose a policeman but received a schoolmaster....without a head.
External links
- The Good Cop online text
- www.bookmunch.co.uk