I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. Click here to view Let Your Lips Twitch on Goodreads.Ĭlick to purchase on Amazon UK, Waterstones, Amazon Canada and Amazon US. Clarke via her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. R.A.’s work has been published by a variety of publications, including Sinister Smile Press, Cloaked Press LLC, and Polar Borealis Magazine, among others. In 2021, she was named a Hindi’s Libraries Females of Fiction finalist, a Dark Sire Award finalist, and a Futurescapes Award finalist. She has won international short story competitions such as The Writer’s Games, Writer’s Weekly, and Red Penguin Books humour contest.

enjoys plotting multi-genre short fiction, and also writes/illustrates children’s chapter books as Rachael Clarke. She shares life with a sport-aholic husband, two adorable children, and an ever-expanding collection of novels-in-progress.īesides sipping coffee and escaping to the lake, R.A.

Clarke is a former police officer turned stay-at-home mom from Portage la Prairie, MB. This would be a great holiday companion or a great book to have by the bed for picking up when you want something quick to read. This is a brilliant, fun short story collection. As with some others in the collection, stories like Red Nose and a Party Dress is one I would love to see extended into a longer story. Mr Regret and Clicking were also amongst my favourites. I found For King and Cookies particularly sweet. There is something to suit a variety of readers and what I like is that you can read them in order, it’s not a long read at two hundred pages long, but you can also dip in and out if you just wanted to fill a couple of minutes. Some I liked more than others but each one was different and interesting and for me, there were many moments where I laughed out loud. What happened is that I raced through these stories. Clarke before, I didn’t know what to expect. Let Your Lips Twitch is sixteen short stories and as I had not read anything by R.A. Let humour in all its glorious forms tempt your lips to move. There is something in this collection for everyone to enjoy, including eight never-before-seen stories.Īllow yourself to be entertained and whisked away. Right, then zoom in on a perfectly focused meet cute, or feel Mother Nature’s wrath as a rebellious fishing excursion goes all kinds of wrong. Turn another page and you’ll enjoy clowning around while meeting Mr. Flip the page and join a jewel heist executed by bumbling thieves at a gastronomy party, meet a lowly soul gifted the fantastical chance to redo an all-consuming moment of regret, or sweat alongside a father as he realizes his daughter is growing up too fast. Each tale is infused with unique characters and comical situations, some rooted in reality, others certainly not. Clarke proudly presents sixteen humorous stories to the world.īetween these covers, you’ll find short fiction in several genres. Such ageless versatility is beyond compare. It can be subtle or overt, dark or joyous, adorable or cheeky. Clarke to Novel Kicks today and the blog tour for her collection of short stories, Let Your Lips Twitch.Ĭomedy is everywhere if you allow yourself to see it-to feel it.

Brimble cat goes fishing