Scars: Nine Short Stories

In Scars, his first collection of short stories, Mike Poliwoda gives us nine narratives, nine glimpses into lives uniquely expressed, but undeniably familiar. The voice is sure, consistent without ever dulling its edge, and each voice engages. Poliwoda inexorably pulls us into the emotional world of his characters with an effortlessness that speaks of a talented storyteller at work. The straightforward narrative style is shot through with humour, lines of striking fitness, and flickers of social dis-ease.