Just Simple Little Cruelties

This is only a short book that consists of five poems interspersed with four short stories. It is however very well written. I particularly liked the short stories which are mostly science fiction except one which felt historical but, on reflection, could be timeless. Of the poetry, Words spoke to me the strongest with its thoughts of how many different places we can travel to simply by reading books! This book is a prime example!

For a quick yet entertaining read, I highly recommend Just Simple Little Cruelties. There is an excerpt from a longer Welela work also included which I didn't read as I don't like to only get a bit of a story and am already happy to read more of Welela's writing.