The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan NicholsAfter winning the Sloan Prize with this piece, Berfrois have very kindly published it alongside the original by Gogol, of which my piece is a sort of translation (from a translation in standard English).
Jo Higgs
Jo (he/him) is a 23 y/o living in Edinburgh. He is currently writing his masters thesis on the fiction of Agnes Owens, but spends most of his time writing about music or writing his own fiction.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Selected work (4 publications)
Furless Peacheskinda psychological horror-y but maybe not idk. First story I wrote (discounting stuff pre-15 y/o). Thanks RRLR <3
TW: self-harm, suicidal ideation, graphic violence
Benji's GoalShort-listed work for Quarterly John Byrne Award. A fictional account of a father and son bonding over their memories of a goal Abdessalam Benjelloun scored against Kilmarnock in 2007.
The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan NicholsThe winner of the 2022 Sloan Award, The tale of how etc., is a re-writing of a Nikolai Gogol story in Edinburgh dialect. Wee essay at the end of the piece explains the whole thing.