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Author · Storyteller
James May
@jamesmay
Writer interested in mystery, storytelling and all the strange practical decisions involved in turning drafts into books.
Behind the stories
About the writer
James May writes mystery and psychological thriller. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
Writing gets interesting when the obvious choice stops working.
Books and story worlds
Stories by James May
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Currently creating
Later first draft
The Quiet Shelf
When a London bookshop begins receiving anonymous corrections in the margins of returned novels, the owner notices the notes point to a missing local woman who used to haunt the shop every evening. As the messages become more precise, the shop starts to feel less like a refuge and more like a place where someone is arranging a story from the inside. The search for the woman turns into a study of who gets believed, who gets overlooked, and how easily a familiar room can be made strange.
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