The third in a landmark series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2013 brings you the best of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012.
Introduction
Alison Moore
The Smell of the Slaughterhouse
Ellis Sharp
The Writer
Adam Marek
The Stormchasers
Jackie Kay
Mrs Vadnie Marlene Sevlon
Ross Raisin
When You Grow into Yourself
Laura Del-Rivo
J Krissman in the Park
Alex Preston
The Swimmer in the Desert
Adam Lively
Voyage
Charles Lambert
Curtains
Anneliese Mackintosh
Doctors
Robert Shearman
Bedtime Stories For Yasmin
Nikesh Shukla
Canute
James Wall
Dancing to Nat King Cole
Nina Killham
My Wife the Hyena
Charles Boyle
Budapest
Lesley Glaister
Just Watch Me
Guy Ware
Hostage
MJ Hyland
Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes
Regi Claire
The Tasting
David Rose
Eleanor – The End Notes
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgements