It’s Hard to Tell You This
FROM THE FINALIST FOR THE 2023 PAGE TURNER AWARDS, AND THE AUTHOR OF PLAYTIME’S OVER
Michael’s father didn’t leave much behind. A handful of battered paperbacks, a few family photos, and an ancient tape recorder – the scattered remains of an old man’s empty life. But that tape recorder sparks something in Michael, a need to take stock of his own thoughts. His memories. His regrets.
Turning the recorder on, Michael begins to speak. About the loves he lost. The girls who slipped away. The women he hurt. Each memory spools out of him and onto the tape, raw and unedited.
As the recorder fills with Michael’s confessions, his days grow longer, his relationships stranger, his shelves emptier. And Michael finds himself on the precipice of an ending…
James Kinsley
James Kinsley was born in Norfolk in the 1970s and hasn’t been asked to leave yet. His first book, Playtime’s Over, was published in 2021. He plans to write more.
Author portrait © Max Hilton
