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The best of modern-day short story writing.
From flash fiction to mini-novelette, Fairlight presents twenty-four of its best short stories from some of the world’s most talented new and emerging English language writers. Chosen from work sent to Fairlight over several years by writers around the globe, this anthology celebrates the art of the short story form: a vehicle with the power to delight, entertain or instantly transport the reader to another state, another world, another emotion.
Twenty-four stories by twenty-four writers, featuring various award-winning short story authors including Judith Wilson (winner of the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, the London Short Story Prize, and shortlisted for Colm Toibin International Short Story Award) and Adam Trodd (winner of Benedict Kiely Short Story Competition, and shortlisted for the Cúirt New Writing Prize, Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year and the Bath Flash Fiction Award) along with Women’s Prize-longlisted author Sophie van Llewyn.
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World, excl. UK & Ireland, US & Canada
Endorsements
'It's a pleasingly dizzying experience, leaping from one beautifully depicted life to another, and one which I'm sure I'll revist.' — Lynda Clark, author of Beyond Kidding
'An intriguing collection, with fantastic range and depth. Climb in[to the Fairlight anthology] and be transported wherever you like.' — Beth Underdown, author of The Witchfinder’s Sister
'This gem of an anthology has all the oddness, unsettling incidents, and questing souls that make good fiction so compelling.’ — Nuala O’Connor, author of Joyride to Jupiter
'These writers cast a shrewd, and often shrewdly humorous, eye on the human condition in all its absurdity.' — Sarah Bower, author of The Needle in the Blood
'Open this book, leave all maps behind, and let yourself be transported.' — Tania Hershman, author of Some of Us Glow More than Others and My Mother Was An Upright Piano
'On the evidence of this collection, the short story is in wild, good health.' — Rachel Mann, poet, broadcaster and critic
'Vivid and diverse, this is an admirable and highly enjoyable collection of new voices.' — J.S. Barnes, author of Dracula's Child
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- Publisher Fairlight Books
- Publication Date October 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781912054688
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 8.99 GBP
- Pages256
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- EditionFirst Edition
- Copyright Year2020
- Page sizeB Format (198 x 129) mm
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