Mark Fagan: Contemporary Scottish Writer and Storyteller

There's something about the Scottish landscape that refuses to stay silent. The hills carry stories, the glens remember, and the mist that rolls across the Highlands seems to whisper tales older than memory itself. For Mark Fagan, a writer from the small Fife town of Cardenden, these aren't just romantic notions—they're the living fabric of his work. Fagan's approach to storytelling sits at an interesting crossroads. His short fiction, including pieces like "Man of War," doesn't simply use Scotland as a backdrop. Instead, his writing treats the land as a character in its own right, one that shapes and is shaped by the people who traverse it. This relationship between place and narrative has become the hallmark of his literary voice. From Small-Town Roots to Mountain Peaks Cardenden isn't the kind of place that typically produces writers who dwell in myth and folklore. It's a former mining community in Fife, straightforward and unpretentious. ...