The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story ed. Philip Hensher (Allen Lane, October 4, 2018, 978-0-241-34746-1, 432pp, hc, an)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
- ix · Introduction · Philip Hensher · in
- 1 · Love
- 3 · Spared · A. L. Kennedy · ss Indelible Acts by A. L. Kennedy, Jonathan Cape, 2002
- 19 · Funny Little Snake · Tessa Hadley · ss The New Yorker October 16 2017
- 38 · Come Rain or Come Shine · Kazuo Ishiguro · nv Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro, Faber & Faber, 2009
- 73 · Physics and Chemistry · Jackie Kay · ss Why Don’t You Stop Talking by Jackie Kay, Picador, 2002
- 80 · Remember This · Graham Swift · ss England and Other Stories by Graham Swift, Simon and Schuster, 2014
- 91 · Dangers · Jane Gardam · ss The People on Privilege Hill and Other Stories by Jane Gardam, Chatto & Windus, 2007
- 97 · Story
- 99 · The Universal Story · Ali Smith · ss The Whole Story and Other Stories by Ali Smith, Hamish Hamilton, 2003
- 107 · Troll Bridge · Neil Gaiman · ss Snow White, Blood Red ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1993
- 117 · The Unknown Known · Martin Amis · ss Granta #100, Winter 2007
- 127 · Entry Taken from a Medical Encyclopaedia · China Miéville · fa The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases ed. Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, Night Shade Books, 2003, as “Buscard’s Murrain”
- 132 · Winter Luxury Pie · Peter Hobbs · ss I Could Ride All Day in My Cool Blue Train by Peter Hobbs, Faber & Faber, 2006
- 145 · Men
- 147 · All the Boys · Thomas Morris · ss We Don’t Know What We’re Doing by Thomas Morris, Faber & Faber, 2015
- 161 · A Nice Bucket · David Rose · ss Posthumous Stories by David Rose, Salt Publishing, 2013
- 168 · Chapter 2 · David Szalay · ex from All That Man Is, Jonathan Cape, 2016
- 209 · Catholic Guilt (You Know You Love It) · Irvine Welsh · ss Reheated Cabbage by Irvine Welsh, Jonathan Cape, 2009
- 225 · Women
- 227 · Poison · Lucy Caldwell · ss Belfast Noir ed. Adrian McKinty & Stuart Neville, Akashic Books, 2014
- 245 · The Closing Door · Rose Tremain · ss The Guardian 2011
- 253 · If a Book Is Locked There’s Probably a Good Reason for That, Don’t You Think · Helen Oyeyemi · ss What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi, Riverhead Books, 2016
- 263 · The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant · Leone Ross · ss Nightjar Press, October 2015
- 272 · Every Third Thought · Helen Simpson · ss Constitutional by Helen Simpson, Jonathan Cape, 2005
- 283 · War & Politics
- 285 · Moonlit Landscape with Bridge · Zadie Smith · ss The New Yorker February 10 2014
- 301 · The Rock of Crack as Big as the Ritz · Will Self · ss Penguin, 1995
- 318 · The Fall of Mr and Mrs Nicholson · Gerard Woodward · ss Legoland by Gerard Woodward, Picador, 2016
- 337 · Justice for One · James Kelman · ss The Stinging Fly Spring 2009
- 343 · Catastrophic Worlds
- 345 · Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict · Lucy Wood · ss The Sing of the Shore by Lucy Wood, Fourth Estate, 2018
- 355 · The Clean Slate · Hilary Mantel · ss Woman and Home 2001
- 363 · Fears and Confessions of an Ortolan Chef · Eley Williams · ss 3:AM Magazine 2014
- 368 · Later, His Ghost · Sarah Hall · ss The New Statesman December 20 2013/January 9 2014, as ““Then Later, His Ghost””
- 380 · The Pier Falls · Mark Haddon · ss The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon, Jonathan Cape, 2016
- 393 · Envoi
- 395 · North Sea Crossing · Helen Dunmore · ss Love of Fat Men by Helen Dunmore, Viking Press, 1997
- 405 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg
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