{"id":115,"date":"2016-06-07T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/index.php\/2016\/06\/07\/anthology-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:03:00","slug":"anthology-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/07\/anthology-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthology 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, we’ve finally made it through to the other side, and now we are able to announce the stories which have made it into this year’s National Flash-Fiction Day anthology.<\/p>\n

We received nearly 500 stories (168,000 words, or thereabouts) and these are the 50 which made it in. So, if you were unsuccessful, please take comfort that it was a difficult decision from a large field of excellent work. The ones that we picked are the stories we felt would make the most compelling compendium, and a great snapshot of current flash-fiction.<\/p>\n

To those of you who made it in: Congratulations!<\/p>\n

As well as the stories listed below, the anthology will include the 10 micro-fiction competition winners, plus a range of commissioned stories from some truly exceptional writers.<\/p>\n

The anthology doesn’t have a name yet, but we hope to announce it very soon, and it will be on sale on National Flash-Fiction Day at the event in Bristol (and possibly elsewhere) as well as online in paper and e-book formats.<\/p>\n

Anyway, with no further waffle, here are the stories which will soon be printed up and bound for your edification.<\/p>\n

Adam Trodd     –     Lifer<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Alison Wassell     –     Pub Quiz<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Amanda Saint     –     Purple with a Purpose<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Anne Elizabeth Weisgerber     –     Theseus in Belleville<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Bernard O’Rourke     –     About Unemployment and Rats <\/o:p><\/div>\n
Catherine Edmunds     –     Kittiwakes<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Catherine McNamara     –     The Vineyard<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Charley Karchin     –     A Marionettist\u2019s Musings While on a Park Bench<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Chris Stanley     –     Orphans<\/o:p><\/div>\n
David Cook     –     Pigeon English <\/o:p><\/div>\n
Debbi Voisey     –     Clippers<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Diane Simmons     –     A Collection<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Downith Monaghan     –     Onion<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Emily Devane     –     Bubblegum Barbie<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Fiona J. Mackintosh     –     Latchkey<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Frankie McMillan     –     Burning Faith<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Ian Shine     –     Premiums<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Ingrid Jendrzejewski     –     When Dreams are Large and Tusked<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jan Carson     –     Little Ghosts<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jane Roberts     –     Map Reading<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jeanette Sheppard     –     Kelly Loves Traffic Light Jelly<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jennifer Harvey     –     424 Likes<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Joanna Campbell     –     Grains<\/o:p><\/div>\n
John Holland     –     Sunday Morning <\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jon Stubbington     –     A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jonathan Pinnock     –     Family Values<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Joy Myserscough     –     I Go on the Morrow to Murder the King<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Jude Higgins     –     What the therapist said<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Judy Darley     –     Flying Ant Day<\/o:p><\/div>\n
K M Elkes     –     Three Kids, Two Balloons<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Kaitlyn Johnson     –     Sushi and Kitty Cats<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Laura Tickle     –     Fish Supper<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Marie Gethins     –     Manspreading<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Martha Gleeson     –     Sam, 29<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Michelle Elvy     –     How To Make Lolo<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Beverly C. Lucey     –     Gregor Samsa Quits the Track Team<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Nik Perring     –     Lips <\/o:p><\/div>\n
Nina Lindmark Lie     –     And the Red Flower<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Poppy O\u2019Neill     –     Injuries in Dust<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Rhoda Greaves     –     Cold Hands<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Richard Holt     –     Ambush<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan     –     What We Threw Into the Lake<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Ruth McKee     –     Bocca Baciata<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Safia Moore     –     When She Was Good<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Sal Page     –     Marzipan Bride and Groom<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Sally Burnette     –     Hornet\u2019s Nest<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Sharon Telfer     –     Health and Pleasure, Glorious Sea!<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Sherri Turner     –     In the Caf\u00e9<\/o:p><\/div>\n
Tracy Fells     –     Miss Scarlet in the Shed<\/o:p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Vivien Jones     –     Misunderstanding<\/o:p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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