In his novel Writer\'s Cramp, and Pot Shots, his first collection of short stories, Alan Blackwood already displayed a great gift for brevity and economy of words.
The fact that nearly all are based on the author\'s own experiences brings them into even sharper.
These are not short stories as such but sketches of characters, places and situations, brought vividly to life by a microscopic eye for what is just enough and not a single word more.
In Snap Shots, he has honed this gift to perfection.
In his novel Writer\'s Cramp, and Pot Shots, his first collection of short stories, Alan Blackwood already displayed a great gift for brevity and economy of words