The Best British Short Stories 2011

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. The editor’s brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one volume. Neither genre nor Granta shall be overlooked in the search for the very best new short fiction.

The first book of the series includes stories published in 2010 by the following authors: David Rose, Hilary Mantel, Lee Rourke, Leone Ross, Claire Massey, Christopher Burns, Adam Marek, SJ Butler, Heather Leach, Alan Beard, Kirsty Logan, Philip Langeskov, Bernie McGill, John Burnside, Robert Edric, Michèle Roberts, Dai Vaughan, Alison Moore and Salley Vickers.

Table of contents:
Flora – David Rose
Winter Break – Hilary Mantel
Emergency Exit – Lee Rourke
Love Silk Food – Leone Ross
Feather Girls – Claire Massey
Foreigner – Christopher Burns
Dinner of the Dead Alumni – Adam Marek
The Swimmer – SJ Butler
So Much Time in a Life – Heather Leach
Staff Development – Alan Beard
The Rental Heart – Kirsty Logan
Notes on a Love Story – Philip Langeskov
No Angel – Bernie McGill
Slut’s Hair – John Burnside
Comma – Hilary Mantel
Moving Day – Robert Edric
Tristram and Isolde – Michèle Roberts
Looted – Dai Vaughan
When the Door Closed, It Was Dark – Alison Moore
Epiphany – Salley Vickers