Compression: Mary McCluskey
“Compression is, to me, condensing or distilling a story down to its very essence. Think of a basket of grapes—press and you get wine, distil it further and you get Grappa. A liquid that burns the throat, leaves a fire in the belly and the head. And it’s (at least) 70 per cent proof. A short fiction should be 70 per cent proof.” — Mary McCluskey
