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The Book of Riga
The Book of Riga brings together ten short stories written about and from the capital of Latvia, showcasing the work of some of the country’s most well-known, and exciting emerging writers.
The New Uncanny
14 leading authors have here been challenged to write fresh fictional interpretations of what the uncanny might mean in the 21st century, to update Freud’s famous checklist of what gives us the creeps, and to give the hulking canon of uncanny fiction a shot in the arm, a shock to the neck-bolts...
Morphologies
Covering a century of writing that arguably saw all the major short forms emerge, from Hawthorne's 'Twice Told Tales' to Kafka's modernist nightmares, these essays offer new and unique inroads into classic texts, both for the literature student and aspiring writer.
The Ghost Who Bled
Achingly sad and boundlessly inventive, Norminton’s short story collection is as witty and lyrical as it is moving.
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The Book of Sheffield
Evoking the past, present and future of Sheffield, this is a timely collection of stories from ten writers for whom the city of Sheffield is - or once was - home, and who have found its landscape and history, the city and its surroundings, ripe for creative interpretation.
Resist: Stories of Uprising
The follow-up to Comma’s successful Protest: Stories of Resistance anthology, featuring twenty authors, whose stories have been written in collaboration with historians and eye-witnesses from centuries of British protest.
The Dressing-Up Box
Much-anticipated fifth collection by decorated short story writer, previous winner of the BBC National Short Story Award and the Frank O‘Connor International Short Story Award.
The BBC National Short Story Award 2019
Featuring the five stories shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2019, the 14th year of the UK's most prestigious short story prize.
Take a peek at some of Comma's forthcoming titles.
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Refugee Tales
Fourteen stories exploring real life refugee experiences, told in the style of the Canterbury Tales
The Iraqi Christ
From legends of the desert to horrors of the forest, Blasim’s stories blend the fantastic with the everyday, the surreal with the all-too-real.
In Another Country: Selected Stories
Gathering together stories from over two decades of writing, this selection demonstrates why Constantine has been hailed as ‘perhaps the finest of contemporary writers in this form’. Featuring the story that inspired the motion picture, 45 Years.
Protest: Stories of Resistance
The paperback edition of our bestselling anthology of British protest inspired short stories.
Reading The City
Celebrating the best short stories from cities in the UK and from around the world.
BBC Short Story Award
Now in its thirteenth year, the Award is one of the most prestigious for a single short story.
