Skewed: Short Stories

Skewed, by Anna Burns, is a collection of short stories with a twist. Nothing is as it seems and nothing ends as expected.Brother Sun Sister Moon, set in the Outback, holds a sense of mystery, which seeps into everyday events.There is Love and the Sea, with a strange admirer dogging the heroine. The story is lyrical and haunting.Creativity Pays, brings just deserts to a habitual cheat, while Coffee and Basil, leaves high expectations thwarted.Vanishing Cream, combines the ordinary with the impossible, to create a satirical look at the complexity of human relationships.This is a mix of romantic, fantastic and heart-wrenching scenarios. The reader is moved by turns to laughter and to tears.obstacles and in the end finds peace and contentment.About the Anna Burns is an author of educational articles, poems, novels and two collections of short stories. Skewed (2017) and Tangents (2018).Resilience (2015) a non-fiction, describes her family’s deportation to Siberia, Katyń massacre and the formation of the Polish Army, against the background of WW2, and her search for her unknown siblings.Essence of Trust (2019) a Romance set in Australia will be followed shortly by YA novel What Binds.A retired teacher, she lives on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.All her books have been published by Lioneart Books and illustrated by Milada Kessling.