Fiction @ The Sociological Review
Celebrating 50 stories!
The Sociological Review’s fiction series has just published its 50th story. This is an amazing milestone to reach. Thanks to everyone who has sent their work in, who reads and shares the stories, and to everyone who has been part of the brilliant Soc Review Foundation over the years, from the early champions of the series (especially Michaela, Mark, Emma and Paul) to the current dream team (especially Karen, Simon and Kaoru) who work hard behind the scenes to make every new story and the whole platform possible. Every author in the series has made my work a pleasure by entering in the editorial relationship with kindness and enthusiasm; compiling a list of my favourite pieces would be a list of 50 (50!) stories.
Since my last dispatch on the series a few months ago, we have published pieces #48, #49 and #50. Catch a snippet below and the full works here.
Chronicles of Constrained Negotiations by Hamide Elif Üzümcü, a story of a child caught between her parents’ expectations and her own needs.
Thanks for Calling by Sudip Sen, a snapshot of the summer of 2020 through the eyes of a perceptive teenage boy with muscular dystrophy who lives with his mother.
Contamination, Yellow Pills, and Kafka’s Cockroach by Simon Thaw, a story that questions our understandings of the origins of OCD and health anxiety.
I am very pleased to say that a number of excellent new stories are in the works, so watch this space for more sociological fiction.
And, if you can make it, I’ll be running a workshop about the series at The Sociological Review Foundation’s conference Undisciplining II, in Salford, UK, from 10-12 September. Please say hi if you see me there!