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.

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Selected work (4 publications)

Berfrois, 2022

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).

Short Story

Fiction

Resevoir Road Literary Review, 2020

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

Short Story

Fiction

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.

Short Story

Fiction

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.

Short Story

Fiction

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