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Drawing of Robert Louis Stevenson (by Lucy Scott), with caption “RLS 13/11/1850”.
Happy birthday to Robert Louis Stevenson!
A shallow cardboard box on a wooden table opened to show its contents: a book-shaped parcel wrapped neatly in white tissue paper with a pink and black circular seal on it, and a printed card from Uncertain Stories.
Amazing how a #BookPost can brighten an otherwise cold, dark and very wet day.
Thank you, @uncertainstories.com 10 out of 10 for your packaging skills - and the freebies.
Love the design of your Broken Ground anthology. I think I'll be reading it very s-l-o-w-l-y to make it last!
#ShortStories
We’ve updated our submissions pages with news of our winter call, and info on the new ghost story call:
The anthology Broken Ground by Uncertain stories, and book 22 of The Ghastling, side by side on a table next to two mini pumpkins and a pair of pine cones.
Happy halloween! Thrilled to have two stories out this October in these beautiful collections by brilliant publishers.
Definitely recommend picking up copies if you're looking for something strange and scary to read this autumn, they're so so good and no I'm not biased at all
I read this over the weekend and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's an impeccable collection of beautifully tense short fiction with an uncanny edge. Loved it. Go to @uncertainstories.com and get your copy now.
Front cover of Broken Ground, an anthology of stories published by Uncertain Stories. Image is a composite of things including a tree, a cube, stone etc.
Really enjoyed this collection of stories - the first anthology from @uncertainstories.com. Strange and spooky and unsettling
A pile of little books - Briar Rose by Alex Clark.
If you’re in Edinburgh and you fancy a free(!) short story to read, you’ll currently find a stack of our Little Uncertainties in Argonaut Books, Curiouser & Curiouser, Golden Hare, the Portobello Bookshop, Topping & Co, and Typewronger. Spread the word, and grab yourself one before they’re gone!
Our winter submissions call is now open! Details at: www.thefictiondesk.com/news/this-wi...
This week #IAmReading something a bit different – not middle-grade, but an excellent collection of slightly weird tales from new publishers @uncertainstories.com… Atmospheric, creepy, a little bit weird – check them out!
👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
Our winter submissions call is now open! Details at: www.thefictiondesk.com/news/this-wi...
Something’s coming…
Watch out for news from The Fiction Desk in the next couple of weeks.
Broke Ground, a collection of short fiction and a couple of single short stories.
Wonderful bookpost. An anthology and a couple of chasers from @uncertainstories.com (and @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social) Can't wait to dive in.
How absolutely gorgeous is my book post! The new print anthology from @uncertainstories.com complete with little uncertainties booklets and postcards, not to mention some fantastic strange and surreal writing from a brilliant array of talented writers. Get your copy today!
On why short stories are easy, why reading in the pub is good, and why there aren't any happy endings.
If you’ve picked up a copy of our ‘Briar Rose’ Little Uncertainty (or even if you’ve not found one yet), you might be interested in our new Q&A with the story’s author:
A fantastic idea. These look stunning
Broken Ground, an anthology of short stories from Uncertain Stories, plus a short story chapbook by Richard Smyth and two postcards. Artwork by Lucy Scott
Delighted to receive a copy of Broken Ground, the first in a new series of anthologies from @uncertainstories.com. Plus a bonus story by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!
Little Uncertainties are v. short books, each containing a single story. You can't buy them: over the next year, @uncertainstories.com are aiming to give away 12,000 with book orders and via participating cafes and bookshops. All to spread the love of short stories! What an amazing thing to do!
This is quite exciting. Over the next year, we’re going to be giving away 12,000 of these little books to help spread the love of short stories:
A stack of copies of the book Broken Ground, many of which are packed up ready to send to customers.
Copies of Broken Ground, all sent out this morning to discerning readers. If you pre-ordered a copy, one of these (or one very much like it) is heading your way at this very moment. If not, it’s out now, so you can get a copy today!
Photograph of some stickers showing a scorpion tail, terminating in a pen nib.
Some stickers for the packaging of our anthology Broken Ground. There’s a tale in the sting…
I’m not the only bookseller with horror stories of emboldened customers waving a brick of a hardback in our faces, declaring they can get it for half the price in the supermarket down the road, says Mark Wright in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Here’s our latest author Q&A, this time with @nathanielspain.bsky.social
Very cool article about the illustration that went with my short story in the Broken Ground anthology: www.uncertainstories.com/inside-stori...
We’ve been getting some great responses to our author Q&A series, which we’ll be releasing over the next few weeks. Here’s the first:
Just got my author’s copies of #BrokenGround . Rob Redman, editor of @uncertainstories.com , has done a fantastic job, and the illustrations by @lucyscottpictures are superb.
Stories by me, Mark Taylor, Eva Carson, Tamsin Hopkins, @nathanielspain.bsky.social , Jack Edwards, and Flo Ward.
Broken Ground, Uncertain Stories
My contributor copies for Broken Ground, the first anthology from @uncertainstories.com, are here! This book is absolutely stunning 😍 So pleased to be a part of this, and looking forward to reading the stories by my fellow contributors.
