White Review Short Story Prize shortlistee Claire Carroll has been interviewed in Lunate. To learn more about her influences, recommendations and what it’s like to be an author, read the full article here.

Claire’s debut collection, The Unreliable Nature Writer, was published by Scratch Books last month.

In a grand mansion, a woman recounts a dream of social stability and home ownership to a bizarre tribunal who will determine her future.

At a campsite, ordinary families swarm to pass their sweltering summer holiday – and just off the coast, the rich and powerful enjoy a different kind of holiday from static cruise ships.

In suburbia, a woman, a beloved wife and mother, begins an affair with the humanoid robot her husband has brought home.

In this debut collection of short stories, Claire Carroll plunges us into darkly funny visions of a near future, where late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss intersect.

The Unreliable Nature Writer is out now. Get your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

Follow Claire on Twitter @C_CRRLL and on Instagram @cccrrll.