Deadlier: 100 of the best crime stories written by women by Sophie Hannah (Editor)
Category: Short Stories
100 of the best crimestories written by women, selected and introduced by Sophie Hannah. From Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, women writers have long been drawn to criminal acts. Here, award-winningauthor Sophie Hannah brings together 100 of her favourite exa ...Show more
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo
Category: Short Stories
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated ...Show more
Emergence - The 30 best new voices with powerful must-read stories by SBS Emerging Writers' Competition
Category: Short Stories
Emergence brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition. Now in its third year, the anthology features stories by thirty emerging writers, each speaking to the theme of ‘Emergence’ and each offering a unique snapshot of contempor ...Show more
Gunflower (Short Stories) by Laura Jean McKay
Category: Short Stories
The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of The Animals in That Country. A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship plows through the patriarchy. A support group finds sola ...Show more
Strangely Enough by Gillian Hagenus (Editor)
Category: Short Stories
Neglected by society, a group of caravanning 60-somethings encounter a place where time stops. A baby swims in a witch’s cauldron. A statue of Jesus grows fat off fish and chips. An ancient Egyptian God swims through the sewers under a suburban street and a desperate family harvests the fingers they fin ...Show more
Zero Sum by Joyce Carol Oates
Category: Short Stories
Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers. A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of venge ...Show more
Women I Know by Katerina Gibson
Category: Short Stories
Unpicking the stitches of gender and genre, the stories in this searing, funny, haunting debut explore how our ideas of womanhood shape us, and what they cost us.'My God darling - the women I know.'A young woman tries to cheat her algorithm, creating a wholesome online persona while her 'real' life diss ...Show more