In Forgetting Is How We Survive, people are haunted by ghosts of the past, tormented by doppelgangers and pining for lost futures. Each character faces a turning point - an event that will move their life from one path to another, and every event casts a shadow.

David Frankel was born in Salford and raised on the westerly fringes of Manchester. His short stories have been shortlisted in several competitions including The Bristol Prize, The Bridport Prize, The ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award, The Willesden Herald, and the Fish Memoir Prize. His work has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, and also in a chapbook by Nightjar Press. He also writes nonfiction exploring memory and landscape.