On the Bodies of Strangers Publication News!

Today is officially PUBLICATION DAY for my book ON THE BODIES OF STRANGERS and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

Shortlisted for the W&A Working Class Writers’ Prize 2022 this collection of short stories is linked by the theme of tattoos.

Our lives, our experiences and the people we encounter leave behind indelible marks. ON THE BODIES OF STRANGERS explores marked lives and marked flesh. The stories in this collection are linked by a single thread: the tattoos of their protagonists, traces of experiences and meaning etched onto their skin.

These are stories about the chaos of ordinary lives, about people who are flawed, complicated, but always deeply human. From domestic abuse to unexpected friendship, mixing horror and hope, intimacies and lies, ON THE BODIES OF STRANGERS explores the many ways we mark each other and ourselves as we deal with the complexities of human behaviour.

You can order your copy direct from the independent Wind&Bones Bookshop here.

Endorsements

‘Meticulously observed and emotionally compelling, this collection shows Hannah Stevens is a vital voice in contemporary short fiction.’ - Victoria MacKenzie

Victoria MacKenzie is author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain.

‘A collection that pulses with yearning for connection and desire for change… As finely drawn as a beautiful tattoo, Hannah Steven’s stories reveal both the pain and joy that life can bring, and how a line as thin as that laid down by the tattooist’s needle can lie between the two.’ - Dan Powell, author of Looking Out of Broken Windows.

‘As incisive as a tattooist’s needle, they demonstrate that sometimes beautiful things come from pain.’ - Jonathan Taylor, author of books including Scablands and Other Stories.

I am hugely excited to have this beautiful collection out in the world. And can't wait to see these stories connecting with readers.

Order ON THE BODIES OF STRANGERS directly from the Wind&Bones Bookshop here.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me to publication so far.