It came from Samuel Parr

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Samuel Parr’s story “The Eye of the Goddess” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 1 July 2022. “The Eye of the Goddess” first came to me on a family holiday to Skomer, an island off the Welsh coast. It’s a beautiful place: a spit of rugged heather, home to puffins and shearwaters and at least five species of gull. Due to conservation laws, no humans live on the Isle. As we approached on a boat …

A question for Samuel Parr

Q: What distracts you?

A: So many things, when I could be writing… Here’s a handpicked honest selection:

Sometimes, bad stuff. Sad news, back pain, imposter syndrome, or the crazy fact we’re all going to end. But for the most part, beautiful things. Sparrows and blue tits and pigeons, flitting outside my window and being generally marvellous. People murmuring in a café just beyond my hearing. Daydreams of forests, and mystical worlds. Great stories. Real and imagined, there are so many interesting things.

And, I suppose, a lot of those distractions become writing-fuel. It’s all part of the process.

Samuel Parr’s story “The Eye of the Goddess”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 1 July 2022.
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July 2022

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About Samuel Parr

Sam grew up in North-West Leicestershire, in countryside man-made and wild. He is fascinated with the mundane fantastic of the day-to-day, and writes about these in the breathing spaces of his life.

Samuel Parr’s story “The Eye of the Goddess”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 1 July 2022.
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