Polly Hall

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Polly Hall (born 1975) is a Bram Stoker Award Finalist and IPPY Gold Medal Award Winner for The Taxidermist's Lover.

Her work has been described as, ‘beautifully understated’, ‘raw and visceral’ and ‘highly imaginative’.

Her flash fiction, poetry and stories have been included in national and international anthologies, competitions and collaborative arts projects.

Her debut novel, The Taxidermist’s Lover, has been featured in the New York Times, Foreword Reviews and Kirkus Reviews.

Polly lives with her cat, Vishnu, next to a cider factory in Somerset, England. She hoards books and likes poking fires with a stick.

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Author Interview with Michael Bradley

New on my website blog: Author Interview with Michael Bradley.
His latest novel, DEAD AIR, is an award-nominated suspense thriller. He chats with me about his time as a radio DJ, his attention span (gnats were mentioned) and his lifelong aversion to brevity (he doesn't do 3 word answers!)

Read it here: http://pollyhall.co.uk/blog/post/4859...

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“Even in my dreams I would steal the wings from birds and try to fly, or
grow the lithe legs of a hare so I could race across a moonlit field. Mostly
my dreams consisted of sinking into the wet-black below my feet, right up
to my neck, and I’d wake just before my head was covered in darkness.”
Polly Hall, The Taxidermist's Lover

“You are a wonderful, complex, f*cked-up mess,” you once said to me. Sometimes when you passed these judgements I would flinch, as if the words were darts or sharp tools piercing my skin.”
Polly Hall, The Taxidermist's Lover

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“The ice was here, the ice was there,
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  It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
  Like noises in a swound!”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
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“You are a wonderful, complex, f*cked-up mess,” you once said to me. Sometimes when you passed these judgements I would flinch, as if the words were darts or sharp tools piercing my skin.”
Polly Hall, The Taxidermist's Lover

“Even in my dreams I would steal the wings from birds and try to fly, or
grow the lithe legs of a hare so I could race across a moonlit field. Mostly
my dreams consisted of sinking into the wet-black below my feet, right up
to my neck, and I’d wake just before my head was covered in darkness.”
Polly Hall, The Taxidermist's Lover

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