Ocoee & Other Stories
“ The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is a beautiful squall, sweeping up the voices of writers from the world over ... to show how bold literature is the binding thread between cultures.”
” KEVIN JARED HOSEIN, AUTHOR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS“
The Brightwater Anthology
“"Evokes County Durham in colour and complexity. Each story is a unique take on the River Skerne and the people who live by it."
JESSICA ANDREWS, AUTHOR OF MILK TEETH
and the earth drank deep & Other Stories
“The stories brim with energies not yet subdued by concerns of fitting in. It is this defiant edge, encouraged by not needing to be published to enter, that lends the Prize its uniqueness, helping to unearth winning stories and authors that shift the global reading landscape towards a better future.” NII AYIKWEI PARKES, AUTHOR OF TAIL OF THE BLUE BIRD“
I Cleaned the – & Other Stories
“The Prize once again reveals the reach and protean qualities of the short story.“
OLIVE SENIOR, JAMAICAN POET LAUREATE
The Great Indian Tee and Snakes & Other Stories
“The Commonwealth Short Story Prize gives us a wonderful glimpse of the short story coming alive around the world.“
ROMESH GUNESEKERA
Emissaries – Stories & Reflections
“An inspiring, confessional, unusual, and illuminating memoir in sixty short stories.“
In Dreams: The Very Short Stories of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
"A writer of exceptional talent."
TLS
Million-Story City
"Marcus Preece believed in the transformative power of a well-wrought story."
THE GUARDIAN
The Machine Stops
"The Machine Stops is not simply prescient; it is a jaw-droppingly, gob-smackingly, breathtakingly accurate literary description of lockdown life."
WILL GOMPERTZ, BBC
Bartleby, the Scrivener
“Melville stands unique in English Literature.“
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Dead
“Just about the finest short story in the English language.“
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Overcoat
“The greatest Russian story ever written.“
VLADMIR NABOKOV
Another Man
"...a highly cerebral book that proves to be as enigmatically haunting as it is intellectually stimulating."
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Where Is My Home?
"Widely recognised as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets"
THE POETRY FOUNDATION
The Prophet
"To read it was to transcend ordinary levels of perception, to become aware ... of a more intense level of being"
THE INDEPENDENT
Spirit & Other Poems
“In his ideals, in his movements and in his actions themselves, he stabbed, cut and smashed old notions.“
PROF. H. B. JASSIN
In the Shadow of Death
“Beautiful, profoundly moving...“
JOANNA KAVENNA, author of THE ICE MUSEUM
Tofylis, or Marriage of Zosé
“...a veritable literary phenomenon.“
THOMAS VENCLOVA, YALE UNIVERSITY
Independence Day & Other Stories
“Indonesia's greatest
fiction writer.“
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Death of Bagrat Zakharych & Other Stories
“[Vazha-Pshavela's] imagery has an elemental force.“
OSIP MANDELSTAM
The Butterfly Man & Other Stories
“[Heinsaar] is haunted by the memory of a metamorphosis, or its imminence.“
GEORGES-OLIVIER CHATEAUREYNAUD
The Necklace
“[Maupassant] wrote from the fullness of a compassionate heart.“
JOSEPH CONRAD
The Garden Party & Other Stories
“I was jealous of her writing - the only writing I have ever been jealous of.“
VIRGINIA WOOLF
The Rocking Horse Winner & Other Stories
“D. H. Lawrence was a genius; he is at the heart of English literature...pick up a Lawrence tale and the old magic begins working.“
DORIS LESSING, NY REVIEW OF BOOKS
The Happy Prince & Other Stories
“[Wilde's] first authentic work... marks the beginning of his true creativity... Wilde's stories are splendid.“
JEANETTE WINTERSON
The Gift of the Magi & Other Stories
“[O.Henry] came to New York, saw the city and wrote heartfelt stories of the life all about him. A man to remember - and revere.“
ART YOUNG, THE NEW YORKER
