Author: Royle, Nicholas

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 15 November 2024 by Salt Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Best British Short Stories' series.

Paperback / softback | 256 pages, Not illustrated
197 x 130 x 23 | 230g

The nation¡¯s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fourteenth year

Inspired by Giles Gordon and David Hughes¡¯s Best Short Stories series, which ran to ten volumes between 1986 and 1995, Best British Short Stories this year reaches its fourteenth volume.

Best British Short Stories 2024 showcases an excellent and varied selection of stories, by British writers, first published during 2023 in magazines, journals, anthologies, collections, chapbooks and online.

¡®If the latest iteration of Salt¡¯s Best British Short Stories collection is anything to go by then the genre remains in safe hands.¡¯ ¡ªLawrence Foley, TLS

Featuring stories by: Alan Beard, Kevin Boniface, Paul Brownsey, Claire Carroll, ECM Cheung, Jonathan Coe, Rosie Garland, Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Timothy Jarvis, Cynan Jones, Bhanu Kapil, Sonya Moor, Alison Moore, Gregory Norminton, Nicholas Royle, Cherise Saywell, Kamila Shamsie, Ben Tufnell, Charlotte Turnbull and Cate West.