I am Heathcliff

In this anthology, curated by Kate Mosse and commissioned for Emily Bronte’s bicentenary year in 2018, sixteen modern fiction writers (contributors include Louise Doughty, Dorothy Koomson, Joanna Cannon, and Juno Dawson) shine startling lights on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy, in sixteen stories inspired by Wuthering Heights. In ‘Terminus’ a young woman hides in an empty Brighton hotel; in ‘Thicker Than Blood’ a man sits in a hot tub stalking his newly-married love on social media; and in ‘A bird half-eaten’ an amateur boxer prepares for a match. In ‘Anima’ a child and a fox are unified in one startling moment of violence; and in One Letter Different’ two teenagers walk the moors and face up to their respective buried secrets. In Louisa Young’s contribution, a woman recalls the ‘Heathcliffs I Have Known’ and the physical danger she has borne at their hands. These fresh, modern stories pulse with the beauty, pain and danger of love and desire, and are as timely as they are illuminating