Day 9 - Alex

Day 9 and Alex Howard in a weekend packed Guardian Spiegeltent. Alex's story 'The Velvet Roar' stars Edith, just about to leave to attend the midday play at her local Am dram Club in Morningside when a man from Scottish Hydro Electric turns up at the door... Find out what happens next!

Our annual Story Shop showcase presents new and emerging Edinburgh writers to audiences at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Every day of the festival, that's 17 in total, at 4pm in the Guardian Spiegeltent, a writer reads a story of compact beauty, for free. Story Shop is now in its fifth year, and we've got a stellar line up for each day of the festival 2012. Read all about them here and join us at 4pm each day until 27th August if you can!