These perfectly formed microfictions provide glimpses into the everyday challenges of family life, relationships, ageing and loss. McCreery’s characters are typical humans – flawed, vulnerable, frustrating and frustrated. Told with empathy and wit and honed with a wordsmith’s skill, Loopholes makes us see ourselves and each other differently.

‘To succeed, microfiction must combine efficiency of text with immediacy of imagery and neat narrative twists, all in a space small enough for a single reading. It’s an artform that Susan McCreery shows a masterly command of.’ Hilary Simmons, BOOKS+PUBLISHING

Susan McCreery is a writer of insight and compassion who understands the complexities of human connection. Better than that, she is sharp, funny, and unpredictable.

ALI JANE SMITH

Ranging in length from a page to four lines, Susan McCreery's vivid glimpses into diverse lives and situations will amuse, shock and inspire you.

EMERITUS PROFESSOR ELIZABETH WEBBY AM

Shattered glass, shifting shadows – these insights into the psyche are both chilling and hilarious. Ernest Hemingway, eat your heart out.

CARMEL BIRD

Reading McCreery's one-page stories is like being a kid holding a Whitman's Sampler Box and trying to pick your favourite chocolate. Yum, gritty as pistachio. Yum, creamy as caramel. Of course I had to devour all of them in one sitting.

JULIE CHEVALIER