Helen M Walters explores a short story with secret knowledge at its heart to look at creating high-concept short fiction
The story I have chosen this month has a simple, but mind-blowing, premise. In The Knowers by Helen Phillips we are transported to a world where people can choose to find out the date of their own death. We’re going to explore how the author uses this idea to great emotional and dramatic effect and, as always, you will gain most from this master class if you read the story for yourself: https:// electricliterature.com/the-knowers/