Short Stories – Page 3 – Sabotage

Collection Short Stories

Flare and Falter by Michael Conley

February 12, 2020May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Michael Conley, Sam Edwards, Splice, This is Splice

-Reviewed by Sam Edwards- The best albums have recurring refrains and themes. In Abbey Road the refrain of “You Never

Collection Short Stories

The Portswick Imp Collected Stories: 2001 – 2016 by Michael W. Thomas

January 24, 2020May 10, 2020 Phil Olsen Black Pear Press, Michael W. Thomas, Sally Shaw

-Reviewed by Sally Shaw- The Portswick Imp (Black Pear Press), is a collection of fifteen short stories by internationally known

Collection Short Stories

The False River by Nick Holdstock

January 8, 2020May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Kristin D. Urban, Nick Holdstock, Unthank Books

-Reviewed by Kristin D. Urban- If you feel unsettled while reading The False River (Unthank Books), then Nick Holdstock has

Collection Flash Short Stories

Calls to Distant Places by Peter Jordan

November 28, 2019May 10, 2020 Phil Olsen Kingston University Press, Peter Jordan., Sally Shaw

-Reviewed by Sally Shaw- Calls to Distant Places (Kingston University Press) is the debut short story collection of author and

Collection Short Stories

Midnight Laughter by Paul McDonald

November 5, 2019 Phil Olsen Paul McDonald, Rhys Knapman, V. Press

-Reviewed by Rhys Knapman- Midnight Laughter is a collection of short stories by Paul McDonald, published by V. Press in

Anthology Flash Short Stories

Story Cities: A City Guide For The Imagination edited by Rosamund Davies, Cherry Potts and Kam Rehal

October 7, 2019May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Alexandra Penland, Arachne Press, Ash Lim, Cherry Potts, Dave Murray, Kam Rehal, Kristin D. Urban, Kristin Urban-Watson, Maja Bodenstein, Quiet Man Dave, Rosamund Davies

-Reviewed by Kristin D. Urban- 112 pages of 51 flash fiction stories from 42 authors underneath nine different sections, Story

Anthology Flash Short Stories

Things Left and Found by the Side of the Road — Bath Flash Fiction Volume Three

October 2, 2019 Phil Olsen Ad Hoc Fiction, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Jo Gatford, Jude Higgins, Kapka Nilan, Linda Grierson Irish, Rhys Knapman, Rosamund Davies

-Reviewed by Rhys Knapman- Things Left and Found by the Side of the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction) is an anthology

Collection Short Stories

Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine

September 2, 2019May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Edge Hill Short Story Prize Shortlist, Sam Edwards, Stinging Fly, Stinging Fly Press, Wendy Erskine

-Reviewed by Sam Edwards- With Sweet Home (Stinging Fly), longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Wendy Erskine

Collection Short Stories

Live Show, Drink Included by Vicky Grut

August 31, 2019April 16, 2020 Phil Olsen Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Edge Hill Short Story Prize Shortlist, Holland Park Press, Joshua Lambert, Vicky Grut

-Reviewed by Joshua Lambert- Live Show, Drink Included (Holland Park Press), is a collection of short stories from Vicky Grut,

Collection Short Stories

Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

August 30, 2019April 6, 2020 Phil Olsen Dipika Mummery, Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Leila Aboulela, SAQI, Sudan, Sudanese, Telegram, Telegram/SAQI

-Reviewed by Dipika Mummery- What is it really like to move across geographical and cultural borders in a way that