FICTION | David Frankel

SHORT FICTION

RETURN: Published as a signed limited edition chapbook by Nightjar Press.

SINK RATE: Published in 'The Bristol Prize Anthology' Vol. 14

SHOOTING SEASON: Published in Issue 19 of 'Structo'

WAKE: published in issue 46 of 'Brittlestar'

MEADOWLANDS: published in 'New Short Stories 11' (Pretend Genius)

HE PERCULIARITY OF THE HATSTAND: Issue 24 of 'Under the Radar' (Nine Arches Press)

BENEATH THE MELTING SNOW: Published in 'Unthology 8' (Unthank Books)

STAY: Published in 'Seperations' (The Fiction Desk)

THE KILLING TREE: Published in 'Lightship Anthology 3' (Alma Books)

WHAT THE WIND BRINGS: published in issue 24 of 'Prole'

HITLER WAS AN ARTIST TOO: Published in 'Journey Planner and Other Stories' (Cinnamon Press)

THE PLACE: Published in 'New Short Stories 5' (Pretend Genius)

THE MEMORY SYSTEM: Published in 'Barcelona to Bihar' (Earlyworks Press)

THE CUCKOOS: published by 'Open Pen'

ACCIDENT REPORT: published by 'Litro'

DOWNSTREAM THE WATER DARKENS: published in 'The London Magazine'

THE WHALER'S DAUGHTER: published in issue 35 of 'Brittlestar'

BURIED VOICES: Published in 'Salford Stories' (Bridge House Press)

GOODBYE TAHITI: published in 'Lakeview Magazine'

THE INTERCESSOR: Published in 'Recognition' (Earlyworks Press)

"The setting of the story and the account of what has happened there are remarkably concrete. But the narrator himself, the more vividly and definitely he remembers, the closer and closer he is getting to disintegration. That’s an effective mechanism, very unsettling."

- David Constantine

“Frankel’s prose is simply delicious, from one-sentence sound-bites to luxurious descriptions of paintings, ultimately delivering a heartfelt snapshot of Edvard Munch in a relatively short stretch of time.”

- Charlotte Barnes, Sabotage Review

“David Frankel’s ‘The Place’ with its marvellous voice and vulnerable main character, keeps on intriguing long after it is read.”

- Vanessa Gebbie

“Incredibly moving for me was ‘The Place’ by David Frankel. This poignant story is suffused with sadness and longing, a mediation on loneliness and stifled lives.”

- Arja Salafranca, Short Review