Spilt Milk is a collection of short stories by US
writer DK Cassidy. On the surface of it the tales told within its pages seem to
follow very different characters contending with very different situations and
daily lives. But if you read it all the way through a lot of the characters
actually cross paths: sometimes in major ways, sometimes in minor.
Something a lot of short stories struggle to do is
build personality in their characters simply because of the limitation of
space. However, DK Cassidy does not waste a word when writing about hers. The
characters are given inner monologues and this door into their mind helps a lot
to build a picture about the protagonist you are reading about. Some of them
are in very dark places and this is captured well in her words.
My favourite of all the stories was Octopus. I can’t
really say anything without giving the story away. So you should go and read
this great collection of short stories!
