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Free Love and Other Stories
Free Love and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish Booker-shortlisted author Ali Smith, first published in 1995 by Virago Press. It was her first published book and won the Saltire First Book of the Year award. and a Scottish Arts Council award
"A Sweetly memorable collection" - "The Times"
Cover.
Ali Smith chose the cover of the first edition, a picture of Louise Brooks from the G. W. Pabst film "Diary of a Lost Girl"
suitable for commuters, and the editors aimed to combine both the "free and easy distribution" provided by the internet with their "love of paper" and the physicality of books.
The free mini-books allow the publisher to work with authors outside of those they publish traditionally. Featured stories have "navigated such diverse topics as failed love, competitive familial golf games and vampires in graveyards".
Contributors.
Contributors have included:
Ambrose Austin, Kate Axelrod, Kyle Beachy, Blake Butler, Tobias Carroll