John Matthias

Tales Tall & Short - Fictional, Factual and in Between John Matthias

Fiction. Memoir. TALES TALL & SHORT is a selection of fiction and memoirs. The fiction is both previously unpublished and drawn from his novel, Different Kinds of Music. The memoirs deal with a wide range of subjects, from the early correspondence of his parents to an apprenticeship in poetry, poetry and insomnia, poetry and murder, and a portrait of one of the great eccentrics whose memory is embraced in the concluding chapter of the book, Prince Marko.