National Short Story Day

I've only found out in the last hour that today is National Short Story Day. Coinciding with the winter solstice, it seems like one of the best days to get lost in reading, amidst the busyness in the run up to Christmas.

I do like a Christmas anthology and this year I've been enjoying dipping into this one - 'Tidings' - an anthology of new Irish Christmas stories.

I already knew it was going to be a special day, as it was the day my short story, 'Sugar Lumps' was scheduled to be published in The Sunday Post. I was delighted to be a finalist in their national short story competition for a second year running and also delighted that for a second year running my story was the one published in the bumper Christmas edition of the newspaper's PS magazine.

I'm also delighted with the art work accompanying my story - it's just perfect! When I found out that today is National Short Story day, it made this early Christmas present even more special.

I think there's just time to go and read another short story before resuming wrappping Christmas presents for under the tree.