These twelve stories will take you from the shores of Lake Garda in Italy to a hospital room in Utah, from a retirement home overlooking the Solent to an unusual school in the wilds of Scotland. Meet people like Daniel, a government employee looking for an escape; and William, a most remarkable dog by anyone’s standards. Various Authors is the first volume in a new series of anthologies dedicated to discovering and publishing the best new short fiction.

Nine new stories from British and international authors. A new dress code causes havoc in an American school, a newspaper error leads a retired comedian to look back over his career, and a family buys an unusual addition to their fish tank. This volume also features ‘Pretty Vacant’, a new long story from Charles Lambert. All These Little Worlds is the latest volume in a series of anthologies dedicated to discovering and publishing the best new short fiction.

Among the a son visits his father in an East Sussex village, two boys play with guns in an American town, a new neighbour disrupts life for a New Zealand community, and a group of investment bankers find an unusual solace in a remote London garden.The Maginot Line is the third volume in a series of anthologies dedicated to discovering and publishing the best new short fiction from Britain and abroad.

Our fourth anthology, Crying Just Like Anybody takes its title from a story by Richard Smyth, and features ten new stories. Previous contributors Matt Plass, Matthew Licht, and Colin Corrigan are all making their return in this volume, and newcomers to the series include Die Booth, Mike Scott Thomson, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Luiza Sauma and S.R. Mastrantone. This volume also features our first story in translation, with 'I'm the One' from Slovenian author Miha Mazzini.

Among the stories in this volume: a croupier takes on his casino; routine breaks down in an unusual zoo; a commune struggles with a rat infestation; the residents of a lonely tower block receive a visitor from the future; and the truth is revealed about the tragic death of a local hero (or so the papers say). Includes the winning stories from the Fiction Desk flash fiction competition. Matt Plass - Invisible Them Cindy George - The Coaster Boys S R Mastrantone - Something Unfinished Paul Lenehan - For Joy Tim Lay - The Patter of Tiny Feet Robert Summersgill - The Menagerie of Sound Andrew Jury - Last Night Ian Shine - Love Stops at Ten Metres Warwick Sprawson - The System Tania Hershman - A Call to Arms Gavin Cameron - A Big Leap Ian Sales - The Last Men on the Moon James Collett - The Clever Skeleton Tony Lovell - The Stairwell Damon King - Simmo!

Everything is haunted: From an abandoned hospital in Maryland to the stage of the Sydney Opera House, from a lonely apartment in Slovenia to the Yorkshire Wolds, the stories in this new collection remind us that there are ghosts everywhere. This volume also includes the two prizewinning stories from the first annual Fiction Desk ghost story competition. Contents: Julia Patt - At Glenn Dale Eloise Shepherd - Journeyman Oli Hadfield - Tom Matthew Licht - Washout Jason Atkinson - Half Mom Amanda Mason - No Good Deed Richard Smyth - Chalklands Ann Wahlman - Old Ghosts Linda Brucesmith - The 25th Caprice Jonathan Pinnock - A Whole Bloody Century Miha Mazzini - In The Walls Joanne Rush - Guests

Not to be used for navigation: This collection of new short stories will take you from an abandoned factory in Sheffield to the moon, from your local supermarket to a school playing field, and from the nearest hospital to the surface of Mars. This volume also includes the winning stories from the second Fiction Desk flash fiction competition. Contents: Mike Scott Thomson - I Say Papaya, You Say Pawpaw Mark Taylor - Dan and the Dead Boy James Collett - Little Bird Story Peter Clarke - Constructing an Exit Sarah Evans - Mission to Mars: An A-Z Guide Edmund Krikorian - Santa Maria Cindy George - Colouring In Die Booth - Badass Dan Purdue - The Guy in the Bear Suit Alex Clark - The Stamp Works Melissa Goode - Exile Chris Fryer - The Loop Nik Perring - Loss Angina Jo Gatford - Bing Bong