Phobic: An Anthology of Short Science Fiction Stories


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Ellipsis is a series celebrating the 'short story sequence' - that interlocking daisy-chain of narrative produced when stories knit together to form a continuum of character or theme. Established and award winning poets from around Britian and the UK have been asked to 'interlope' into the unknown territory of the short - most of them for the first time and each bringing with them a new, poetic perspective as well as an intuitive feel for the snapshot's hidden narratives.

Comma's second anthology of new writers showcases 20 of the most imaginative and daring voices taking up the form; writers dedicated to charting the far reaches of this terrain right at the outset of their careers; writers who prove it's best to stay short. Magda Raczynska , Becky Harrison ….

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Ra Page , Sarah Eyre …. Phobic shines a torch into the unlit areas of the modern subconscious and suggests the more we know, the more we realise how worried we really should be. Bizarre, garrulous, self-confident, often desperately lonely; such is the variety of characters Grunberg meets So delicate and fleet-footed are these stories, even the most single-minded protagonists win us over with a raucous charm that makes us love them and hate them in equal measure.

With pared down but insistent language, Wetzel achieves a poise and clarity and presents lives that are as arresting as they are arrested. In almost every one of Eliasson's stories we find people taking leave of their normal lives in order to take their dreams more seriously. His prose is as fluid as the water that surges and swells through all his landscapes.

Michelle Green — a former aid worker in Darfur — re-tells the story of the Sudanese civil war from 15 different perspectives, capturing by turns the brutal indifference of the government war machine, the terrible scars inflicted on individuals caught in its path, and the complex melting pot of experiences that constitutes any relief effort. Featuring the story that inspired the motion picture, 45 Years. A window into the contemporary Chinese psyche through the short stories from one of China's leading satirists, Diao Dou.

Shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The first collection of short stories from award-winning thriller writer and YA author Martyn Bedford. Covering a century of writing that arguably saw all the major short forms emerge, from Hawthorne's 'Twice Told Tales' to Kafka's modernist nightmares, these essays offer new and unique inroads into classic texts, both for the literature student and aspiring writer. Ten of the best Mansfield stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Alison MacLeod who also provides a critical essay.

Ten of the best Chekhov stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Frank Cottrell Boyce who also provides a critical essay. In this new edition, Sean O'Brien introduces a selection of stories from the master of the American Gothic short story, as well as providing a specially written critical analysis on the form and style of Poe's writing.

Respected crime writer, critic and editor Martin Edwards introduces a selection of Conan Doyle's most influential and innovative stories. Ten of the best Kipling stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Adam Roberts, who also provides an introductory essay. Ten of the best Lovecraft stories, specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Ramsey Campbell, who also provides a introductory essay. This year's shortlist brings together a high calibre group of new and established authors exploring human relationships at their most dysfunctional and yet sustaining.

Wilson, Jon McGregor, M. In honour of the Olympics, this edition opened its doors to international short story submissions from all over the world, thus becoming the first BBC International Short Story Award. Now in its eleventh year, this highly anticipated collection celebrates the very best in contemporary British fiction with an all-female shortlist of renowned authors, who explore the short story form in spectacular fashion.

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