Best British Short Stories 2019 by Nicholas Royle

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Best British Short Stories 2019 by Nicholas Royle

2019 | General Fiction

The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth 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.

The Husband And The Wife Go To The Seaside By Melissa Wan
Cuts By Stephen Sharp
The Arrangement By Sally Jubb
The Heights Of Sleep By Sam Thompson
Nude And Seascape By Ann Quin
Beyond Dead By Nigel Humphreys
Toxic By Adam Welch
A Hair Clasp By Vesna Main
Reality By John Lanchester
On The Way To The Church By Vicky Grut
Cluster By Naomi Booth
Smack By Julia Armfield
Curtilage By Robert Mason
Kiss By Elizabeth Baines
Badgerface By Lucie Mcknight Hardy
On Day 21 By Ruby Cowling
Optics By Ren Watson
A Gift Of Tongues By Paul Mcquade
Sitcom By Kieran Devaney
New Dawn Fades By Sophie Mackintosh