The Best British Short Stories 2014

The Best British Short Stories 2014

by Philip LangeskovJay Griffiths Elizabeth Baines and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/07/2014

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'There is no more carefully chosen yet eclectic anthology series in existence in Britain today' – Susan Haigh, The Short Review


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 previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one volume.


Featuring: Elizabeth Baines, David Constantine, Ailsa Cox, Claire Dean, Stuart Evers, Jonathan Gibbs, Jay Griffiths, David Grubb, M John Harrison, Vicki Jarrett, Richard Knight, Philip Langeskov, Siân Melangell Dafydd, Anna Metcalfe, Louise Palfreyman, Christopher Priest, Joanne Rush, Mick Scully, Joanna Walsh and Adam Wilmington.


Praise for Best British Short Stories


'Another effective and well-rounded short story anthology from Salt – keep up the good work, we say!' – Sarah-Clare Conlon, Bookmunch


'This annual feast satisfies again. Time and again, in Royle's crafty editorial hands, closely observed normality yields (as Nikesh Shukla's spear-fisher grasps) to the things we "cannot control".' – Boyd Tonkin, The Independent


'Highly recommended' – Kate Saunders, The Times

ISBN:
9781844719952
9781844719952
Category:
Short stories
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-07-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
SALÚT!
Joanna Walsh

Joanna Walsh's work has appeared in Granta, Narrative, The Stinging Fly and Guernica, amongst others. Her first collection, Fractals, was published by 3:AM Press 2013, and her non-fiction work Hotel was published internationally by Bloomsbury in 2015.

This was followed by Vertigo, published by And Other Stories in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her digitally groundbreaking novella Seed, widely praised for its innovation was released in 2017, and her latest collection of stories Words from the World's End is out now.

She was awarded the 2017 Arts Foundation Fellowship in Literature for the manuscript of Break.Up.

Anna Metcalfe

Anna Metcalfe's fiction has been published in The Best of British Short Stories, The Dublin Review and Lighthouse Journal, among other places. She has an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from UEA and lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham.

In 2014 she was the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for her story 'Number Three' and in 2016 her debut collection of short stories Blind Water Pass was published by John Murray.

Stuart Evers

Stuart Evers’ debut, Ten Stories About Smoking, won the London Book Award in 2011; his highly acclaimed novel, If This is Home, followed in 2012 and his collection Your Father Sends His Love, was shortlisted for the 2016 Edge Hill Short Story Prize.

In 2017, Evers won the Eccles British Library Writer’s Award – one of Europe’s richest prizes for a work in progress. His work has appeared in three editions of the Best British Short Stories, as well as Granta, the White Review, Prospect and on Radio 4. Originally from the North West, he lives in London.

Christopher Priest

Christopher Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest created Static Shock for Milestone Media, Inc.

The property became the first nationally syndicated African American animated TV show, and Static continues to appear in DC Comics. Priest is also the writer of one of the most renowned runs on Marvel's Black Panther.

He currently writes DEATHSTROKE for DC Comics.

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