Reviews
The Junction
'Alison Moore's 'The Junction' (2024) is among the best stories of hers I've read, which is saying a lot. With her trademark subtle style and glorious eye for detail, the story builds slowly and satisfyingly as Paul breaks down in the countryside and is invited in by a friendly, disarming stranger, Neville, to wait for a tow truck. As they share food and drink, infused with sloe berries (a fantastic ongoing joke throughout), their cosy intimacy increases and the story takes on the character of a modern fairytale.'
Giselle Leeb, Interzone #299
'The standout story of the anthology for me and Sam was Alison Moore's splendid, uncanny story 'The Junction', which focuses on a young man returning home to England from Paris after his long-term relationship has fallen apart. On his way home, he is involved in a traffic incident and takes refuge in the home of the man who caused the accident. His host is entering his twilight years, and as he waits for his car to be repaired, an unexpected friendship unfolds between them. Their tender friendship based upon lost love, loneliness and the inability to cope with the harshness of the modern world.'
Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells, The Manchester Review