Courtney Mcdermott: 3 books

Set in Lesotho and South Africa, Courtney McDermott’s debut story collection unveils a perspective of African life that is both startling and intimate. An Afrikaner woman sleeps with a shotgun because she fears black Africans, an undead garbage man “saves” lives by taking them, a modern day...

In Kirsty Logan's Suckers, a comic book-obsessed vampire learns that (eternal) life isn't about what you spend it on - it's about who you spend it with. In Off the Main Highway by Courtney McDermott, a young woman recalls her childhood at a family-owned motel under the thumb of her overbearing...

At the Chickasaw Motel, three generations of the McGuinness clan are led by their elderly and overbearing patriarch. Only little Riley, “the smartest f-ing kid”, is spared the brunt of Grandpa McGuinness’s cruelty; ironically, it is his encouragement that provides her with a way out.