The Best of British Fantasy 2018

Editor Jared Shurin spread his net wide to discover the very best work published by British and British-based authors in 2018, whittling down the nearly 200 stories under consideration to just 21 selected and two poems. These stories range from traditional sword and sorcery to contemporary fantasy, written by a mix of established fantasy authors, new voices, and those who are not usually associated with genre fiction. The result is a wonderfully diverse anthology of high quality tales.

CURATOR'S NOTE (The Best of British SFF Bundle)
«Editor Jared Shurin is one of those secret puppet masters of the (sci fi) universe, an anthologist, founder of awards (the Kitschies), a Hugo nominee and British Fantasy Award winner, an incurable collector of books and a geek extraordinaire. So when he puts together an anthology of the best British fantasy stories, it's bound to be eclectic and innovative.» – Lavie Tidhar

Contents:
∙ “Introduction” © 2019 by Jared Shurin
∙ “There’s a Witch in the Word Machine” © 2018 by Jenni Fagan, originally appeared in There’s a Witch in the Word Machine (Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Limited).
∙ “We Are Now Beginning Our Descent” © 2018 by Malcolm Devlin, originally appeared in Losslit #7
∙ “The Dance of a Thousand Cuts” © 2018 by Liam Hogan, originally appeared in Terra! Tara! Terror! (Flatiron Anthologies)
∙ “A Son of the Sea” © 2018 by Priya Sharma, originally appeared in All the Fabulous Beasts (Undertow)
∙ “To Look Upon His Works” © 2018 by RJ Barker, originally appeared in The Art of War (Amazon)
∙ “12 Answers Only You Can Question” © 2018 by James Warner, originally appeared in EPOCH
∙ “The Woman Who Turned into Soap” © 2018 Harkiran Dhindsa, originally appeared in The Good Journal #1
∙ “Mushroom Speed Boosts” © 2018 by Ben Reynolds, originally appeared in LossLit #8
∙ “The Guile” © 2018 by Ian McDonald, originally appeared on Tor.com
∙ “We Can Make Something Grow Between the Mushrooms And The Snow” © 2018 by Kirsty Logan, originally appeared in The Puritan #40
∙ “The Moss Child” © 2018 by Lisa Fransson, originally appeared in The Forgotten and the Fantastical 4 (Mother’s Milk Books)
∙ “Boys” © 2018 by Lizzie Hudson, originally appeared in Litro Magazine
∙ “The Farm at the World’s End” © 2018 by Helen McClory. Originally published in Occulum #7
∙ “The Prevaricator” © 2018 by Matthew Hughes, originally appeared in Fantasy & SF
∙ “The Small Island” © 2018 by Heather Parry, originally appeared in F(r)iction Magazine
∙ “A Gift of Tongues” © 2018 by Paul McQuade, originally appeared in Cōnfingō 10
∙ “Velocity” © 2018 by Steph Swainston, originally appeared in Turning Point (Air & Nothingness Press)
∙ “Counting the Pennies” © 2018 by Rhys Hughes, originally appeared in The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed (Createspace)
∙ “The Councillor’s Visit” © 2018 by Beth Goddard, originally appeared in Finesse: Short Stories by New Manchester Writers (Comma Press)
∙ “Yard Dog” © 2018 by Tade Thompson, originally appeared in Fiyah #7
∙ “Dark Shells” © 2018 by Aliya Whiteley, originally appeared on This Dreaming Isle (Unsung Stories)
∙ “Coruvorn” © 2018 by Reggie Oliver, originally appeared on The Silent Garden (Undertow Press)
∙ “The Godziliad” © 2018 by Adam Roberts, originally appeared on Morphosis website