First published in 2015 by And Other Stories
Los Angeles – High Wycombe
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Copyright © Angela Readman, 2015
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‘Don’t Try This at Home’ was shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award 2012. ‘Conceptual’ first appeared in Burner magazine (2012). ‘There’s a Woman Works Down the Chip Shop’ was first published in the Root anthology (Iron Press, 2013). ‘Birds Without Wings’ first appeared in the Asham Award winners’ anthology, Once Upon a Time There Was a Traveller (Virago, 2013). ‘Dog Years’ first appeared in Gigantic Sequins (2013). ‘The Keeper of the Jackalopes’ won the Costa Short Story Award 2013 and was first published by the Guardian online in 2014.
The right of Angela Readman to be identified as Author of Don’t Try This at Home has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
ISBN 9781908276520
eBook ISBN 9781908276537
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.