This is a book for everyone, whether you furtively snatch your reading time or have the luxury of being able to sink into the welcoming depths of a book for hours. The short stories chosen here, pack in all of the emotions of a longer novel, in fact sometimes you are more affected, more surprised, more energised precisely because one of these talented authors has been able to create such an impact in a few short pages. You will undoubtedly have your favourites in this engaging book and that’s the joy, you can visit the past, different countries, sadness, elation and several will call specifically to you. So savour these snapshots displaying a host of different worlds, dip in and out or sit and gorge to your hearts content. ~ Liz Robinson
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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.
The Best British Short Stories 2014 features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Shorter Reads, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Fiction: special features, Recommendations
The Best British Short Stories 2014 is available in Paperback
The Best British Short Stories 2014 was written by Nicholas Royle and published by Salt Publishing
The Best British Short Stories 2014 has 256 pages
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