Best British Short Stories 2021

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 nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its eleventh year.

Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed 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.

This new anthology includes stories by Julia Armfield, A.J. Ashworth, Iphgenia Baal, Emma Bolland, Tom Bromley, Gary Budden, Jen Calleja, Robert Dewa, John Foxx, Josephine Galvin, Uschi Gatward, Meave Haughey, Hilaire, Alice Jolly, Isha Karki, Yasmine Lever, Simon Okotie, Mel Pryor, Douglas Thompson and Matthew Turner.

Contributor: Iphgenia Baal (Contributions by), Jen Calleja (Contributions by), John Foxx (Contributions by), Gary Budden (Contributions by), Julia Armfield (Contributions by), Emma Bolland (Contributions by), Tom Bromley (Contributions by), Robert Dewa (Contributions by), Alice Jolly (Contributions by), Uschi Gatward (Contributions by), Simon Okotie (Contributions by), Matthew Turner (Contributions by), Isha Karki (Contributions by), Mel Pryor (Contributions by), Meave Haughey (Contributions by), Josephine Galvin (Contributions by), Yasmine Lever (Contributions by), Douglas Thompson (Contributions by), Hilaire (Contributions by), Nicholas Royle (Series edited by), A. J. Ashworth (Contributions by)

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