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The Best British Short Stories 2011

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. Neither genre nor Granta shall be overlooked in the search for the very best new short fiction.

The first book of the series includes stories published in 2010 by the following authors: David Rose, Hilary Mantel, Lee Rourke, Leone Ross, Claire Massey, Christopher Burns, Adam Marek, SJ Butler, Heather Leach, Alan Beard, Kirsty Logan, Philip Langeskov, Bernie McGill, John Burnside, Robert Edric, Michèle Roberts, Dai Vaughan, Alison Moore and Salley Vickers.

Table of Contents:

Flora — David Rose

Winter Break — Hilary Mantel

Emergency Exit — Lee Rourke

Love Silk Food — Leone Ross

Feather Girls — Claire Massey

Foreigner — Christopher Burns

Dinner of the Dead Alumni — Adam Marek

The Swimmer — SJ Butler

So Much Time in a Life — Heather Leach

Staff Development — Alan Beard

The Rental Heart — Kirsty Logan

Notes on a Love Story — Philip Langeskov

No Angel — Bernie McGill

Slut’s Hair — John Burnside

Comma — Hilary Mantel

Moving Day — Robert Edric

Tristram and Isolde — Michèle Roberts

Looted — Dai Vaughan

When the Door Closed, It Was Dark — Alison Moore

Epiphany — Salley Vickers

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 240
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781907773129
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 2011