That Time I Loved You ~ Carrianne Leung
DESCRIPTION: The suburbs of the 1970s promised to be heaven on earth—new houses, new status, happiness guaranteed. But in a Scarborough subdivision populated by newcomers from all over the world, …
Chalk Tracks ~ Gina Challen
DESCRIPTION: Lillian helps people to die. Ruth encounters an unsettling stranger on the towpath. Kathy obsesses over a painting. Robyn puts her trust in a fox. Mags is a forager; …
Fabulous ~ Lucy Hughes-Hallett
DESCRIPTION: It’s in the nature of myth to be infinitely adaptable. Each of these startlingly original stories is set in modern Britain. Their characters include a people-trafficking gang-master and a …
Mouthful of Birds ~ Samanta Schweblin
DESCRIPTION: The crunch of a bird’s wing. A cloud of butterflies, so beautiful it smothers. A crimson flash of blood across an artist’s canvas. Spine-tingling and unexpected, unearthly and strange, …
Show Them a Good Time ~ Nicole Flattery
DESCRIPTION: An urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types – men and women, their assigned roles and meanings – in modern society. A young, broke Irish …
A Lucky Man ~ Jamel Brinkley
DESCRIPTION: In the nine unforgettable stories of A Lucky Man, Jamel Brinkley explores the unseen tenderness of black men and boys: the struggle to love and be loved, the invisible ties …
Thirteen Months of Sunrise ~ Rania Mamoun
DESCRIPTION: A young woman sits by her father’s deathbed, lamenting her failure to keep a promise to him… A struggling writer walks every inch of the city in search of …
Orange World ~ Karen Russell
DESCRIPTION: Karen Russell’s comedic genius and mesmerising talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner lives are on display in these exuberant, unforgettable stories. In ‘The Bad Graft’, …
BBC National Short Story Award 2019
DESCRIPTION: A young boy takes delight in his mother’s ability to shapeshift from one animal to another, only realising how odd she is when it comes to parents’ evening… The values of …
Look How Happy I’m Making You ~ Polly Rosenwaike
DESCRIPTION: A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the “baby years,” whether you’re having one or not. The women in Polly Rosenwaike’s Look How Happy I’m Making …
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