Helen McClory, Mayhem & Death

Gina Lyle (University of York)

Ed. by Gina Lyle, University of York
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.3: Scottish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Gina Lyle (University of York), J. Derrick McClure (University of Aberdeen), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

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First circulation or publication 2018

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Scotland (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

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Published in 2018 by 404 Ink, Helen McClory’s

Mayhem & Death

is a collection of writing that boasts thirty-three short stories and a novella. Each story is accompanied by a full-page black-and-white illustration with some relevance to the story; “Mary Somerville’s Celestial Disruption”, for instance, is accompanied by an image of a comet against a night sky. Marie-Odile Pittin-Hedon reviews the collection as “[d]ark and corrosive” in

The Bottle Imp

, in keeping with McClory’s distinctive style and appropriate for the collection’s title.

Many of the stories in Mayhem

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Citation: Lyle, Gina. "Mayhem & Death". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 June 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41871, accessed 25 June 2025.]

Helen McClory, Mayhem & Death

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