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Short Works: Kumeko the Quiet One

Kumeko the Quiet One

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By Hannah Vincent. A story about ambition, cheese and wrestling mice.

By Hannah Vincent. Work colleagues Erin and Kumeko arrive at an empty hotel. A story about ambition, cheese and sumo-wrestling mice.

By Hannah Vincent. A story about ambition, cheese and sumo-wrestling mice. Confident Erin and her quiet colleague Kumeko arrive at an empty hotel to prepare for a conference where they will be competing for a place on a sales team. 

Hannah Vincent lives in Brighton. She began her writing life as a playwright and her first radio play, Come to Grief, was a re-working of one of her stage plays. It won the BBC 2015 Audio Award for Best Adaptation. Hannah’s most recent collection of short fiction, She-Clown And Other Stories, was published in March 2020.

Writer: Hannah Vincent
Reader: Gabby Wong
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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