16/09/07 - A favourable review

The October issue of Writers’ News includes a letter in praise of Plenty more where she came from, the short story with which I won the August WN competition.  Deana Godmon applauded my choice of a dark subject and the way in which I bucked the trend by not giving the story a happy ending.  As the twin themes were the exploitation of African children brought to the UK to work as domestic drudges and international sex trafficking, a ‘fairy godmother’ ending would have been a gross betrayal.