Book Club Guide for Blood and Electricity

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Here are a few questions to get your discussion going.

1.       Why do you think the author chose this title for this collection?

2.       How does the cover reflect the content?

3.       Why does the writer say ion the blurb that 'currents flow through and around us, powering our lonely orbits of life'.  

4.       Do you have a favourite story in the collection?  Why is this so?

5.       Which story made you think the most?

6.       Would you recommend this collection to a friend – if so why and if not, why not?

7.       Steven John's writing career started in poetry. How do you think that enabled him to progress into flash fiction and then longer short fiction?   

8.       What do you find are the advantages of this short form of fiction?  

9.       One reviewer has described the stories as 'Heartfelt, poignant, sensitive and beautifully crafted, ' do you agree?

10.   Another says 'Steven John's stories use everyday detail to reveal truths about life and growing up and relationships'. Can you find some examples of these?

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