Spin of the Triangle tackles an important and difficult subject in a very skilful way. We are introduced to the different women who take part in a baby-trafficking business. They are all vulnerable and have lived lives where they have been exploited in many different ways. Stephanie Carty shows the characters in the novella convincingly occupying each of the three roles in the victim, persecutor and rescuer triangle at different times. In the end, we see that it may be possible for them to step out of moving around this triangle and have a different life. I was impressed by the individual stories in different POVs. All aspects of the baby-trafficking business are covered, from the young girls manipulated to give up their babies, the grief of those who regret their choices, the office manager deadening her feelings with alcohol, the lies told about the babies’ origins. And in the background, the men who control it all.
— Jude Higgins, judge of the 2025 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. Author of Clearly Defined Clouds.
Paperback ISBN 978-1-915247-74-2; 133mm x 203mm; 76pp
£11.99 GBP
Release Date: 6 July 2025
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