He has invented a fresh, contemporary style - it will sing in the ears of this generation' Malcolm Bradbury Why does Mr Kipling bake such exceedingly good cakes? Is Jeremy Beadle really the devil incarnate? What happens when advertising turns you...

In this stunning anthology of Southern prose and poetry, beloved authors such as Tom Franklin, Suzanne Hudson, and Brad Watson take us from the Deep South of Alabama, through backcountry Mississippi, to the hills of Appalachia. We feel the aftermath...

101 stories, all about girlfriends. They cheat, they die, they leave, frequently . . . The funny stories are all the funnier for being brief the sad ones all the sadder for being sparse. Every one 20-second gem. Maxim

Stories included: Over To You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss, Switch Bitch, Madame Rosette, Man from the South, The Sound Machine, Taste, Dip in the Pool, Skin, Edwards the Conqueror, Lamb to the Slaughter, Galloping Foxley,The Way up to Heaven,...

A dazzling, emotionally riveting debut collection: the seven stories in Nam Les The Boat take us across the globe as he enters the hearts and minds of characters from all over the world. Whether Nam Le is conjuring the story of 14-year-old Juan, a...

The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn.'They don't know,' he thought, 'those people inside, how one gesture of mine, now, at this minute, might alter their world. A knock on the door, and someone answers - a woman...

No matter what,' Julia had said, aware then of what was coming, 'let's always play cards.' And they did; for even with her memory gone, a little more of it each day her children taken, her house, her flowerbeds, belongings, clothes their games in...

A complete collection of the superb short stories which have appeared in: Over To You, Kiss Kiss, Someone Like You, Switch Bitch and eight further stories: The Umberella man; Mr Botibol; Vengeance in Mine inc; The Butler; Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life;...

A dazzling collection of Elmore Leonard stories charting the career of legendary lawman Carl Webster

Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a generous helping of dark and stylish wit, garnish with the bizarre and what do you have?Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotizing best, cooking up some of the most unusual...

No one has a better perspective on life on both sides of the channel than Julian Barnes. In these exquisitely crafted stories spanning several centuries, he takes as his universal theme the British in France; from the last days of a reclusive...

We live in political times where it is impossible not to be involved, inspired, appalled, or motivated by the current administration. It seems like everyone has something to say about politics these days - and fiction writers are no exception. This...