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.
Introduction
Hilary Mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher August 6th 1983
Julianne Pachico
Lucky
Bee Lewis
The Iron Men
Jonathan Gibbs
Festschrift
Jenn Ashworth
Five Thousand Lads a Year
Neil Campbell
LS Lowry/ Man Lying on a Wall
Emma Cleary
Lightbox
Jim Hinks
Green Boots' Cave
Uschi Gatward
The Clinic
Tracey S Rosenberg
May the Bell Be Rung For Harriet
Helen Simpson
Strong Man
Matthew Sperling
Voice Over
K J Orr
The Lake Shore Limited
Tamar Hodes
The First Day
Alan Mccormick
Go Wild in the Country
Helen Marshall
Secondhand Magic
Charles Wilkinson
Fresh Water
Rebecca Swirsky
The Common People
Alison Moore
Eastmouth
Julianne Pachico
The Tourists
Joanna Walsh
Worlds From the Word's End
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgements