Best British Short Stories 2017 Edited by Nicholas Royle

Title: Best British Short Stories 2017

Editor: Nicholas Royle Publisher: Salt Publishing

ISBN-13: 978-1784631123 Editor's web site: Nicholas Royle Genre: Short Stories Print Length: 248 pages

I am in the early stages of reading and writing short stories and thought this would be a good introduction to the genre. I read a lot and like a good story, but really this anthology is just trying to be too clever. I suppose there will be some that like the abstract nature of a lot of the stories and might consider me to be a "Philistine", but all I want is a good story, with a narrative that is empathetic to the reader and something that makes sense. Except for a few gems, I did not find much of what I was looking for in this anthology.

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