Peace Inside Peace Outside

Our new short story anthology Peace Inside Peace Outside (out now) is an unusual collection of stories on the theme of peace ... well the idea was for entrants of the Smink Works short story contest to write pieces that expanded on the idea that in order to bring peace to the world, you needed to have peace inside. The stories that emerged were somewhat different - they tell of tortured individuals who found some sort of peace by the end of the stories, but the peace wasn't what you would always expect.

I wonder if this is a statement on the widespread need for personal peace. It certainly appears like the world is in dire need of it. These days we look for it everywhere. I guess this is the journey we share.