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Author · Storyteller
Erin May
@erinmay
Speculative Fiction writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Erin May is a speculative fiction writer interested in how stories work, how readers respond to them and how technology is changing the way writers create and publish.
A finished page should still feel alive.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Erin May
On the writing desk
Currently creating
Later first draft
The Last Draft of Mairi Bell
When a small Scottish publishing house starts using a new editing system that predicts reader response, copyeditor Mairi Bell discovers it can also alter the shape of a manuscript before anyone notices. As the changes spread through the books on her desk, she has to decide whether saving one failing novel is worth letting the system keep rewriting the people around it. The story follows the quiet damage done by convenience, and the awkward business of trying to tell the truth on a deadline.
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Draft progress
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