Watson: Sherlock, could it be…
Sherlock: It’s never twins.
I wrote a very short piece for Multiple Matters, the official magazine of TAMBA.
Twins are a irresistible plot device, particularly for science fiction and fantasy writers who can have their characters appear to be omnipresent, to teleport, or even return to life. The ploy works for the same reason that random people obsess over the multiples they meet at school or in a buggy at the shopping centre: twins are are part of our natural world, but they are also somehow magical. Continue reading “Multiple Matters: Twins in Fiction”