Short Stories 2018
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The Sea Beast Takes a Lover
by Michael Andreasen
Dbut collection of short stories about moral and metaphysical metamorphoses includes a lovesick kraken that slowly drags the object of its desire, a ship of sailors, into the sea. A romp through the lunatic and surreal, says Head of Zeus.
Head of Zeus, £18.99, 8th March 2018, 9781786696632

The Abyss and Other Stories
by Leonid Andreyev
Fifteen short stories by Andreyev, including some not previously translated into English.
Alma Classics, £8.99, 26th April 2018, 9781847497239

The Accusation: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea
by Bandi
Fantastic cover for this collection of short stories from an anonymous North Korean dissident. The author, known as Bandi, which means firefly, has based his stories in fact, from the mother who draws the curtains on huge posters of Stalin and Kim Jong-il to stop her toddler crying, and finds her family instantly disgraced, to the competitive displays of mourning following the death of Kim Il-sung. The Accusation has sold over 10,000 copies, according to Serpent’s Tail, which is calling Bandi the Solzhenitsyn of North Korea. “Spare, direct, unflinching and bitterly angry,” said the Observer….
Serpent’s Tail, £8.99, 4th January 2018, 9781781257555