
Raised in a mining village in Derbyshire, Steve Lunn has lived in South Germany, Durham, Bristol, British Columbia and South Wales. He now spends time in Inverness-shire and Brittany while living in Oxford, where his debut novel The Price of Dormice is set.
Raised in a mining village in Derbyshire, Steve Lunn has lived in South Germany, Durham, Bristol, British Columbia and South Wales. He now spends time in Inverness-shire and Brittany while living in Oxford, where his debut novel The Price of Dormice is set. He has worked in education (research fellow and lecturer at The Open University; elementary
"Typical hyperbole of the entitled."
"You go near my wife again,” he said, “I’ll kill you."
"If you let people shit on people, they’ll just go on shitting on people, and tomorrow they’ll be shitting on you."
"He seemed to resort to violence and confrontation whenever he was angry, which seemed to be all the time."
"A little piece of Legoland will set you back three hundred grand, but lizards lost and vanished vole will halve the value of your soul."
"A collection of stories that catch you at turning points - a relationship fraying at the edges, a decision that can't be undone, a moment where someone finally says what they've been holding back. It digs into the tension between what's fair and what's just, between loving someone and being consumed by them, between who you were and who you've become."
Aditya Kumar
"We Are Not Getting Divorced and Other Stories by Steve Lunn is a quiet and thoughtful collection about relationships, love, and everyday life. The stories focus on small emotional moments rather than dramatic events, making them feel real and relatable. Lunn’s simple and restrained writing style allows the emotions to come through naturally, leaving the reader with subtle but lasting impressions."
Shubham Tiwari
"Quietly Devastating, and Quietly Beautiful. Still thinking about this weeks later. That's usually the sign of something special. Lunn writes with real restraint. He trusts you to feel what he doesn't spell out. "All is Bright" wrecked me. A widow listening to her husband's records, preparing to follow him. Never maudlin. Just deeply, quietly true. "Vector Analysis" is completely different. Funny, kinetic, two lads on the tube and a moment that changes everything. The range between stories keeps"
Kamal Shukla
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