James Roderick Burns

James Roderick Burns


James Roderick Burns is the author of one flash fiction collection, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and five collections of short-form poetry, most recently Crows at Dusk; a collection of four novellas – The Unregulated Heart – is also forthcoming in summer 2024. His stories have twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and he serves as Staff Reader in Poetry for Ploughshares. He can be found on Twitter @JamesRoderickB and his newsletter ‘A Bunch of Fives’ offers one free, published story a fortnight (abunchoffives.substack.com).

Credentials


James Roderick Burns in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

1988 Danby, North Yorkshire

What do you love about short stories?

Precision, density, control

Do you write in other forms?

Yes - I write novels, short/flash fiction and Japanese short-form poetry (haiku, tanka, sedoka).

What distracts you from writing?

I can't write if I'm not regularly distracted

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Bicycles

What is your favourite book?

'The Tractate Middoth' (MR James)

Who are your favourite writers?

Paul Auster, Sue Townsend and Ricgard Wright

Where is your dream location?

Manhattan

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Nepotism

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Write, send out, forget, repeat. Take victories as they come

Work by James Roderick Burns:

God is Over All
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In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers on a remote Scottish island - battered by Atlantic storms and the intense emotions of confinement - disappear without trace, leaving an enduring mystery in this most mysterious of places.
Nine Signs to Shilbottle
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Someone has been vandalising the road signs around the village of Shilbottle.
The Haiku Master
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Life and all its daily pleasures, hopes, frustrations - and poetry - as the years pass in a small New York state community.

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