My name is Joanna Sterling and I’m a Collector – my collection of contemporary, vintage and period brooches has been amassed over 30 years. The story collection published here is not quite so old but is just as diverse. There are short stories and flash fiction, my own and ones by other writers. Some are traditional and others more avant-garde. I aim to select stories that intrigue, amuse and maybe provoke. Open up The Casket of Fictional Delights and pick out a story or a brooch.
Brooch of the month
This brooch is by one of the preeminent British jewellery designers of the 1960s. It is known as a ‘Cortina’ and my version is made of 9ct gold. The brooch was designed in 1965 by Ernest Blyth for the Leicester…
