Nikki Magennis

About Me

Lately I do a lot of sorting. There are boxes for foil, tins, glass, paper, card, and milk cartons. I collect compost. Orange peel and burst teabags spill wet, rich fragrance over my hands.

Six years ago I published my first novel. Then my second. Then I started writing a lot of short stories. Then flash fiction, a whole slew of 100 word pieces. Recently I rediscovered my long lost love – poetry. This year, I've found the depths and miniature grace of haiku.

It seems I’m working slowly towards silence.

Why do you write?

I write to get things out and down and up, so I can look through them and play with them and see what happens when I spin them round.

Any favorite authors? Books?

I've read too many books in my life. Most of it has been fiction.

I love crime novel,, noirish novels, faintly surreal novels, lush magical realism, poetry, stripped back prose, absurdity, satire, short stories; perceptive, striking, piercing, insightful, lucid, supple, delicous stories.