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Mr H's Angels
Jo Reardon
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London in the eighteenth century is no place to raise a child alone, without money or a place to live. Lili knows that the only hope her son has of living a better life is to take him to the Foundling Hospital where he might, if he's lucky, find a place in Mr Handel's famous choir.
('Mr H's Angels' was shortlisted for the Cinnamon Short Story Prize in 2014)
S. M. A. R. T.
Tim Kelly
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Are you an ideal employee? Do you know the route to success? Are you S.M.A.R.T?
If so, there’s no need to read this satirical take on the world of work and the decline of the contemporary university.
Winemakers' Soup
Carmen Nina Walton
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A young woman discovers something that threatens the family traditions that keep her safe.
The Summerhouse
Sue Wilsea
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David wants to give his wife Kate everything she didn't have before meeting him: security, a nice home, another baby. He wants to be a good step-dad to Josh and erase the memories of Tom, Kate's first love and Josh's father. But none of this seems enough for Kate and after the birth of their daughter she slips into depression, her only solace the run-down summerhouse at the bottom of their garden. When David discovers what he thinks is her betrayal he sets out on a path of destruction.
(The Summerhouse, a novella, was shortlisted for Gateway's New Fictions prize in late 2014)
White Goods
Carmen Nina Walton
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A rebound relationship fills with complications that are going to hurt.
The Hand of Providence
David Churchill Barrow
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Continental Army New Windsor Cantonment, Newburgh, New York: Mutiny is in the air during the late stages of the American Revolutionary War. "By the winter of 1782-83, tension had reached a dangerous level. The future of the Republic was in doubt." U.S. Army Field Manual 1, Chapter 1.
Three
Kathleen Jones
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Ursula has taken a job as an intern, working for a world famous artist in Tuscany. But he has a beautiful wife. Soon Ursula is locked in a triangular relationship and she dreams of mythical beasts emerging from the pine forests.