Best Women's Short Fiction 2025 - ebook

Name: Best Women's Short Fiction 2025 - ebook
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24 extraordinary narratives

Our fifth annual Best Women's Short Fiction anthology showcases the winners, finalists and shortlisted stories from our 2025 Short Story and Flash Fiction competition.

'The calibre and ambition of entries was consistently astonishing, and sincerely it was a privilege to be at turns ago, transported, diverted, shocked, comforted, incensed and beguiled.' Eley Williams

'Reading through the submissions felt like opening a treasure chest - each story a carefully cut and polished gem, reflecting the light and holding the dark in it's own unique way.' Amanda Saint

Featuring: Natalie Ann Holborow, Alison Woodhouse, Faye Devalle, PJ Flint, Faye Stevenson, Caroline Jenner, Sue Lewis, Sophie Swatman, Holly Gammage, Anna Goldreich, Amanda Hildebrandt, Anna Hug, Emily Ives-Keeler, Han Smith, Kate Wilson, Miranda Yates, Alexis Florentina, Jaye Frisina, Jane Fuller, Ingrid Keenan, Jessica Knight, Amanda Marples, Francesca Millican-Slater, and Toyosi Onikosi.

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