Anthology 2016

Well, we've finally made it through to the other side, and now we are able to announce the stories which have made it into this year's National Flash-Fiction Day anthology.

We received nearly 500 stories (168,000 words, or thereabouts) and these are the 50 which made it in. So, if you were unsuccessful, please take comfort that it was a difficult decision from a large field of excellent work. The ones that we picked are the stories we felt would make the most compelling compendium, and a great snapshot of current flash-fiction.

To those of you who made it in: Congratulations!

As well as the stories listed below, the anthology will include the 10 micro-fiction competition winners, plus a range of commissioned stories from some truly exceptional writers.

The anthology doesn't have a name yet, but we hope to announce it very soon, and it will be on sale on National Flash-Fiction Day at the event in Bristol (and possibly elsewhere) as well as online in paper and e-book formats.

Anyway, with no further waffle, here are the stories which will soon be printed up and bound for your edification.

Adam Trodd     -     Lifer

Alison Wassell     -     Pub Quiz

Amanda Saint     -     Purple with a Purpose

Anne Elizabeth Weisgerber     -     Theseus in Belleville

Bernard O'Rourke     -     About Unemployment and Rats

Catherine Edmunds     -     Kittiwakes

Catherine McNamara     -     The Vineyard

Charley Karchin     -     A Marionettist’s Musings While on a Park Bench

Chris Stanley     -     Orphans

David Cook     -     Pigeon English

Debbi Voisey     -     Clippers

Diane Simmons     -     A Collection

Downith Monaghan     -     Onion

Emily Devane     -     Bubblegum Barbie

Fiona J. Mackintosh     -     Latchkey

Frankie McMillan     -     Burning Faith

Ian Shine     -     Premiums

Ingrid Jendrzejewski     -     When Dreams are Large and Tusked

Jan Carson     -     Little Ghosts

Jane Roberts     -     Map Reading

Jeanette Sheppard     -     Kelly Loves Traffic Light Jelly

Jennifer Harvey     -     424 Likes

Joanna Campbell     -     Grains

John Holland     -     Sunday Morning

Jon Stubbington     -     A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed

Jonathan Pinnock     -     Family Values

Joy Myserscough     -     I Go on the Morrow to Murder the King

Jude Higgins     -     What the therapist said

Judy Darley     -     Flying Ant Day

K M Elkes     -     Three Kids, Two Balloons

Kaitlyn Johnson     -     Sushi and Kitty Cats

Laura Tickle     -     Fish Supper

Marie Gethins     -     Manspreading

Martha Gleeson     -     Sam, 29

Michelle Elvy     -     How To Make Lolo

Beverly C. Lucey     -     Gregor Samsa Quits the Track Team

Nik Perring     -     Lips

Nina Lindmark Lie     -     And the Red Flower

Poppy O’Neill     -     Injuries in Dust

Rhoda Greaves     -     Cold Hands

Richard Holt     -     Ambush

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan     -     What We Threw Into the Lake

Ruth McKee     -     Bocca Baciata

Safia Moore     -     When She Was Good

Sal Page     -     Marzipan Bride and Groom

Sally Burnette     -     Hornet’s Nest

Sharon Telfer     -     Health and Pleasure, Glorious Sea!

Sherri Turner     -     In the Café

Tracy Fells     -     Miss Scarlet in the Shed

Vivien Jones     -     Misunderstanding