Whats Your Story Postcard Collection

by Neil Gaiman, Lisa Appignanesi, Margaret Atwood

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902603575
• ISBN13: 9781902603575
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: London: Waterstone's
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

What's Your Story?

While the What's Your Story? collection is a great collection of stories, I doubt many people actually used the stories as postcards. I would imagine most bought their copies for the same reason I did--J.K. Rowling's little HP-Prequel-That-Isn't. While I enjoyed the stories, I have to say, my enjoyment was severely limited by some of the authors' atrocious handwriting (YES, JKR, I am looking at you!). If you're going to write a widely-hyped story, make it legible, won't you? I was highly surprised by some of the other stories. Rowling's was great, but so was say, Lauren Child's. I'm not familiar with any of her other work, but her mini "story" was adorable, and a postcard that one could easily see themselves sending. Most amazing of all, dare I say more amazing than Rowling's Marauderlicious tale, were the Waterstone's employee/customer submitted ones. While the others were good stories, these were the ones that really had me laughing and crying and rolling madly on the floor. Rating: 4/5

wonderful collection of very short stories on postcards

This limited edition book was only available from Waterstone's in the UK. It contains postcards with very short stories (some illustrated) on the front, suitable for mailing should you choose to pull them out. It was done as a fund raiser for two charities, Dyslexia Action and English PEN. Included are original, new stories from best selling authors such as JK Rowling and Neil Gaiman (and many more), and also winners from Waterstone customers and booksellers. The stories vary from funny to sad - it was hard to pick a favorite although Lisa Appignanesi's effort about a woman who got what she thought she wanted in love would probably be it if forced. My sole complaint on this is that some of the handwriting is hard to read. I guess it makes me feel better about my own penmanship - at least I have one thing in common with some incredible authors. Enjoyable to read and for a good cause, this collection of short stories is well recommended.