The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.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 b...

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its eleventh year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed 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 sit...

‘Utterly compulsive … I could not stop reading’ CHARLOTTE McCONAGHY‘Mesmerising … I felt the unearthly pull of its power long after I'd finished’ KALIANE BRADLEYFrom the acclaimed author of Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, comes an extraordinary epic novel following two alpine climbers risking everything in pursuit of what they love.June, 1994. The infamous Mount Varda has been untouched by mountain...

'Brilliantly audacious' GUARDIAN'Stunning' DAZED'Her prose sparkles' ELIZA CLARK‘Hauntingly good’ iNEWS’A must read’ GLAMOUR'One of my favourite novels' JEFF VANDERMEERFrom the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters navigating qu...

The cult classic novel from the 2026 Booker-longlisted author of The End of EverythingWith an introduction by bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield'A more grown-up version of The Secret History' LUCY SCHOLES'A groundbreaking work' GUARDIAN'The best literary fiction out now' DAILY MAIL...

Winner of the Polari Prize**Shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize‘A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness’ – Florence WelchOur Wives Under The Sea is the haunting novel from Julia Armfield, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea.**Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea ...

**In her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores the body, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge.'Wickedly clever prose and a sense of humour that seems to loom up like a character in itself' – M John Harrison, Guardian**Teenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up be...

‘Utterly compulsive … I could not stop reading’ CHARLOTTE McCONAGHY‘Mesmerising … I felt the unearthly pull of its power long after I'd finished’ KALIANE BRADLEYFrom the acclaimed author of Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, comes an extraordinary epic novel following two alpine climbers risking everything in pursuit of what they love.June, 1994. The infamous Mount Varda has been untouched by mountain...

'Brilliantly audacious' GUARDIAN'Stunning' DAZED'Her prose sparkles' ELIZA CLARK‘Hauntingly good’ iNEWS’A must read’ GLAMOUR'One of my favourite novels' JEFF VANDERMEERFrom the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters navigating qu...

The electrifying debut from the White Review Prize winnerShortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award'Thrilling . . . A writer whose next move you wouldn’t want to miss.' Observer'Wickedly clever prose and a sense of humour that seems to loom up like a character in itself' M JOHN HARRISON, GuardianIn her brilliantly inventive and haunting...

Winner of the Polari Prize**Shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize‘A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness’ – Florence WelchOur Wives Under The Sea is the haunting novel from Julia Armfiled, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea.**Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea ...