Jane Skelton: 2 books

The Lives of the Dead short story collection begins and ends with a road trip. The outsider characters defy authority. They seek or are captured by memories of the past, tied up inextricably in landscape. These travellers of highways and trainlines are preoccupied with the lives of the dead, lost...

‘Flying Foxes’ is a witty and bittersweet story exploring a gay man’s relationship with his mentally ill brother. The story follows the narrator’s attempts to deal with the numerous responsibilities that he has, all the while admiring the flying foxes that seem to have followed them...