“Writing to Gisella and Other Stories” – forthcoming publication

We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Ian Gouge‘s latest collection of short stories, Writing to Gisella and Other Stories, due out on the 3rd October, 2026.

The collection opens with an updated version of the 2017 novella, Writing to Gisella.

Writing to Gisella
In many ways it was the perfect summer break: taken on impulse, and filled with the beauty of Tuscany. For Rick it was also filled with love; the kind of love that changes a young man’s life forever. Then, without any explanation, Rick’s dream dies and there is nothing but vacuum. 

For years.

Until her letter arrives unexpectedly, finding him a different person. Rick’s choice is binary. Does he – after all this time and the pain of a broken heart – simply ignore her letter? Or does he respond? Does he risk opening old wounds in the search for answers to those post-Tuscany questions which once ravaged him?

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Supporting Writing to Gisella is a collection of short stories that continue to explore the nature of love and relationships, the pain of loss and of letting go – and what it means to be human.