Full Description
The second in a brand-new series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2012 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2011. These stories first appeared in magazines from Ambit to Granta, in anthologies across various genres from publishers big and small, and in authors' own short story collections. They were broadcast on radio and delivered by mobile phone app. They appeared online at Metazen and Paraxis.
Contents
Emma Jane Unsworth - I Arrive First
Robert Shearman - The Dark Space in the House in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World
Stuart Evers - What's in Swindon?
HP Tinker - Alice in Time & Space and Various Major Cities
Jaki McCarrick - The Visit
Dan Powell - Half-mown Lawn
Julian Gough - 'I'm the Guy Who Wrote The Wild Bunch'
Joel Lane - Those Who Remember
Stella Duffy - To Brixton Beach
Socrates Adams - Wide and Deep
Jo Lloyd - Tarnished Sorry Open
Jonathan Trigell - Aperitifs With Mr Hemingway
Neil Campbell - Sun on Prospect Street
Ramsey Campbell - The Room Beyond
Will Self - iAnna
Alison MacLeod - The Heart of Denis Noble
Jon McGregor - We Wave and Call
Jeanette Winterson - All I Know About Gertrude Stein
Michael Marshall Smith - Sad, Dark Thing
AK Benedict - The Last Library