Plum by Graham Buchan

We are pleased to be introducing our new section, Litro Spoken Word. We will be featuring audio recordings of short stories for you to listen to at your leisure.

Our first Spoken Word story continues our February theme: “Anti-Love”. In Graham Buchan’s “Plum”, the protagonist receives a gift from someone he cannot see and becomes fixated on the sensuality and promise of  an unusual, seemingly commonplace gift…

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Graham Buchan is a writer of poetry (Airport Reading, There is Violence in these Vapours and In Bed with Shostakovich, all from Tall Lighthouse), short stories, film reviews and travel pieces. He is also a director and photographer whose work has appeared in publications around the world. He originally graduated as a Chemical Engineer.

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Founded in 2005, Litro is an international literary and cultural platform publishing fiction, essays, interviews, criticism and new voices across the UK, US and global literary communities. Litro connects emerging and established writers with readers, publishers, cultural institutions and creative partners through its magazine, digital editions, masterclasses, podcasts and live projects. Its work spans literature, arts, culture, publishing, archives and creative rights, with a focus on discovering new writing and keeping serious cultural work visible in a changing media landscape.

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