{"product_id":"cold-toast","title":"Cold Toast","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Kathryn Aldridge-Morris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003eDahlia Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003ePaperback, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e56 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in 70s and 80s Britain, this evocative flash fiction collection captures the moments when girls and women first glimpsed their own power – or lack of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of smoky kitchens, playground politics, and flickering TV sets, these stories trace the quiet rebellions and uneasy compromises of lives shaped by expectation and constraint. Two women swap secrets at the school gates about an unfaithful husband. A father trades his daughter’s first kiss for a fishing trip. A girl becomes convinced the silent calls to her home are from the Yorkshire Ripper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns tender, raw, and defiant, this collection lays bare the tension between freedom and conformity, love and survival, and what it meant to come of age in a world that wasn’t always ready for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Kathryn’s subtle and insightful stories explore the unspoken inner worlds of women and girls in such a truthful way it feels like looking into your own memories.” — Jo Gatford,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman’s Part\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this debut collection are lightning strikes, delivered with precision. Plunge into these indelible, illuminated moments. And then read\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold Toast\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eall over again. — Patricia Quintana Bidar,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWild Plums and Pardon Me for Moonwalking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark humour, heartbreaking moments, and astonishing endings. Highly recommended. — Jude Higgins,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eClearly Defined Clouds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathryn Aldridge-Morris’ short form fiction and essays have been published widely in print and online literary journals, including the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAesthetica Creative Writing Annual, Pithead Chapel, Fractured Lit, The Four Faced Liar,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStanchion Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Flash Fiction Review, Leon Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis Lit Up\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as being anthologised in over twenty print anthologies and broadcast on BBC Radio Sounds. She has won the Bath Flash Fiction Award, The Forge Literary Magazine’s Flash Nonfiction competition, the Manchester Writing School\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuietManDave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePrize, and Welsh publisher Lucent Dreaming’s Flash Fiction contest, and her work has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize. She is the recipient of an Arts Council England Award to write a novella.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59873727938894,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0680\/6606\/files\/9781913624170.jpg?v=1781273470","url":"https:\/\/eastbristolbooks.co.uk\/products\/cold-toast","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}