"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year ..." 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. Authors include Hilary Mantel, Alison…mehr
"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year ..."
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.
Authors include Hilary Mantel, Alison Moore, Jenn Ashworth, Helen Simpson, Charles Wilkinson, Rebecca Swirsky, Matthew Sperling, Julianne Pachico, KJ Orr, Bee Lewis, Uschi Gatward, Emma Cleary and Neil Campbell.
Nicholas Royle has published four collections of short fiction: Mortality (Serpent's Tail), Ornithology (Confingo Publishing), The Dummy & Other Uncanny Stories (Swan River Press) and London Gothic (Confingo Publishing). He is also the author of seven novels, most recently First Novel (Vintage), and a collaboration with artist David Gledhill, In Camera (Negative Press London). He has edited more than two dozen anthologies, including eleven earlier volumes of Best British Short Stories. He runs Nightjar Press, which publishes original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks. His most recent book is White Spines: Confessions of a Book Collector (Salt Publishing) and forthcoming is another short story collection, Manchester Uncanny (Confingo Publishing).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction
Hilary Mantel - The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher August 6th 1983
Julianne Pachico - Lucky
Bee Lewis - The Iron Men
Jonathan Gibbs - Festschrift
Jenn Ashworth - Five Thousand Lads a Year
Neil Campbell - LS Lowry/ Man Lying on a Wall
Emma Cleary - Lightbox
Jim Hinks - Green Boots' Cave
Uschi Gatward - The Clinic
Tracey S Rosenberg - May the Bell Be Rung For Harriet
Helen Simpson - Strong Man
Matthew Sperling - Voice Over
K J Orr - The Lake Shore Limited
Tamar Hodes - The First Day
Alan Mccormick - Go Wild in the Country
Helen Marshall - Secondhand Magic
Charles Wilkinson - Fresh Water
Rebecca Swirsky - The Common People
Alison Moore - Eastmouth
Julianne Pachico - The Tourists
Joanna Walsh - Worlds From the Word's End
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Hilary Mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher August 6th 1983
Hilary Mantel - The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher August 6th 1983
Julianne Pachico - Lucky
Bee Lewis - The Iron Men
Jonathan Gibbs - Festschrift
Jenn Ashworth - Five Thousand Lads a Year
Neil Campbell - LS Lowry/ Man Lying on a Wall
Emma Cleary - Lightbox
Jim Hinks - Green Boots' Cave
Uschi Gatward - The Clinic
Tracey S Rosenberg - May the Bell Be Rung For Harriet
Helen Simpson - Strong Man
Matthew Sperling - Voice Over
K J Orr - The Lake Shore Limited
Tamar Hodes - The First Day
Alan Mccormick - Go Wild in the Country
Helen Marshall - Secondhand Magic
Charles Wilkinson - Fresh Water
Rebecca Swirsky - The Common People
Alison Moore - Eastmouth
Julianne Pachico - The Tourists
Joanna Walsh - Worlds From the Word's End
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Hilary Mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher August 6th 1983
Julianne Pachico
Lucky
Bee Lewis
The Iron Men
Jonathan Gibbs
Festschrift
Jenn Ashworth
Five Thousand Lads a Year
Neil Campbell
LS Lowry/ Man Lying on a Wall
Emma Cleary
Lightbox
Jim Hinks
Green Boots' Cave
Uschi Gatward
The Clinic
Tracey S Rosenberg
May the Bell Be Rung For Harriet
Helen Simpson
Strong Man
Matthew Sperling
Voice Over
K J Orr
The Lake Shore Limited
Tamar Hodes
The First Day
Alan Mccormick
Go Wild in the Country
Helen Marshall
Secondhand Magic
Charles Wilkinson
Fresh Water
Rebecca Swirsky
The Common People
Alison Moore
Eastmouth
Julianne Pachico
The Tourists
Joanna Walsh
Worlds From the Word's End
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgements
Rezensionen
Nicholas Lezard's paperback choice: Hilary Mantel's fantasia about the assassination of Margaret Thatcher leads this year's collection of familiar and lesser known writers. Nicholas Lezard The Guardian
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