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Manchester 1849. Elizabeth Gaskell, newly famous author of Mary Barton, visits a young Irish prostitute in Manchester’s New Bailey prison. The girl is about to be discharged onto …

The best fiction to read this year -New StatesmanOur 25 most anticipated fiction books for 2026 Shortlist MagazineMy Bags Are Big, a darkly comic satire of wealth, reinvention, …

These stories observe how people live through moments of realisation; how they negotiate the avenues of loss, with cowardice and courage and a fair amount of bewilderment. While …

Shortlisted for The Encore Award 2019Greg Gamble: he's a teacher, he works hard, he's a husband, a father. He's a good man, or tries to be. But even a good man can face a crisis. …

Naval adventure in the Victorian Era1864 - Political folly has brought war upon Denmark. Lacking allies, the country is invaded by the forces of military superpowers Prussia and …

This engaging and evocative anthology of poems, essays and short stories from the pens of the Seaside Scribes -- award-winning women writers from the Delaware and Maryland coasts …

Shortlisted for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2024A plane crashes. A boy drowns. A body is found on a dark lakeside. A woman tries to make sense of a strange memory from her …

Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the …

This is David Gaffney’s latest collection of micro stories. We see a world where thinking is illegal, belly dancers’ blood is used to fertilize tomato plants, pensioners in leather …

The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more …

Shortlisted for the 2013 East Midlands Book Award Entertaining Strangers is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince – a depressive intellectual obsessed …