Short Story of the Week
Smote, or When I Find I Cannot Kiss You in Front of a Print by Bridget Riley, Eley Williams (2015)
Each week, I’m selecting a short story to share with you. No more than 15 or so pages, each think of them as bite-sized entrées into a genre, author, or style.
This is a story about two people kissing in an art gallery. Or, more specifically, the whirring thoughts of someone wanting to kiss their partner, but feeling uncertain about how it might be received in the context. It’s a lovely, experimental, interesting piece, by a writer selected as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2023 (a very prestigious accolade!).