Spin of the Triangle tackles an important and difficult subject in a very skilful way. We are introduced to the different women who take part in a baby-trafficking business. They are all vulnerable and have lived lives where they have been exploited in many different ways. Stephanie Carty shows the characters in the novella convincingly […]| Ad Hoc Fiction
The Lives of the Dead is a timeless and poignant novella that tracks one woman’s journey through the dark wood of marriage and motherhood. Told through a cleverly woven narrative that includes inte…| Ad Hoc Fiction
Debra Daniel perfectly captures what it is like to be a twelve-year-old girl in a particular place and time, while also touching upon the universality of that precious age between childhood and teenager. Interspersed throughout In the Dark Eyes of the Rabbit is advice on how to live from Retta’s mother, father, and grandmother, bringing […]| Ad Hoc Fiction
There are 137 flash fictions in this, our ninth yearly anthology — the long listed, short listed and winning pieces from the three 2024 Bath Flash Fiction Awards. Dip in or read all the way through…| Ad Hoc Fiction
“The stories in BSSA’s eleventh anthology offer a rich tapestry of experiences and emotions. Each, in its own way, illuminates a strand of existence that deserves to be documented, from the fancifu…| Ad Hoc Fiction
This brilliant new collection by Jude Higgins showcases her mastery of condensed storytelling. Subtle, nuanced, and full of depth, Clearly Defined Clouds is run through with dreams and magic, the unexpected and the playful (see the Greek god piloting a paraglider). Higgins’ characters are peculiar, intelligent, flawed, and seeking. There’s an exquisite balance of richness […]| Ad Hoc Fiction
When Sudha Balagopal describes food, you get hungry. When she describes sadness, you feel tears in your own heart. And so it is with Nose Ornaments, this finely crafted family saga of Lakshmi, and her daughter, Savi, and Savi’s daughter, Mini. Spanning years and geographies and cultures, we see how each woman lives in her […]| Ad Hoc Fiction
A reporter who sees her as nothing but a meal ticket A rookie cop dazzled by her fame A seasoned police inspector who’d seen it all before A man’s voice on the phone Pills and champagne on the nightstand Photographs from a disconnected life Stories from the death scene of Marilyn Monroe – daughter, wife, […]| Ad Hoc Fiction
Hereafter is a gorgeous and devastating triumph. This award-winning novella follows Pattylee’s journey from early motherhood through the fog of bereavement after she loses her teenage son to brain …| Ad Hoc Fiction
Over seventy short-short stories to marvel at, in this, the fifth anthology in the rainbow series from Flash Fiction Festivals, U.K. These stories are written by presenters and participants from around the world who came to the online flash fiction days and the flash fiction festival in-person weekend in 2022. Inventive, heart-warming, fun, tragic and […]| Ad Hoc Fiction