The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies : Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award - Jo Lloyd Fiction and is a powerful tribute

and is a powerful tribute to this author written from a novelist's point of view

even through tough times

impossible connection

author of The Othered Woman

The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies : Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award - Jo Lloyd Fiction and is a powerful tributeA major talent' Hilary MantelShortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize Whether seeking knowledge, riches, or a better life, the characters in these stories are united by a quest for lasting value, as they ask how we should treat our world, our work, our selves, and each other. A vainglorious mine owner dreams of harnessing all of nature to the machinery of commerce. Two ladies of a certain age hunt rare butterflies in a pre First World War