Contemporary Stories

by Nick Jones (Editor)

A collection of short stories by authors currently writing in English, representing a range of styles and cultural backgrounds, with writers from Britain, North America, India and Africa.

150 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 1987

About the author

Nick Jones is an author, editor and writer based in Lewes, East Sussex. In 2000, he moved into sci-fi and genre publishing, editing TV and movie tie-in titles (including Star Trek Magazine) and comics/toys collecting magazine Memorabilia, before taking charge of the graphic novels Dept. at Titan Books, where he edited Dan Dare, James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Wallace & Gromit, and DC Comics graphic novels. He is the author of DC Comics Cover Art and Guardians of the Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide; co-author of Marvel Universe: Map by Map, DC Comics Encyclopedia, and The Mysterious World of Doctor Strange. Currently, he is the editor of the DC Heroes & Villains Collection and Star Trek Explorer magazine.

He blogs at Existential Ennui.

Reviews

[Jessica]

I particularly enjoyed 'Games at Twilight' by Anita Desai, 'Red Dress - 1946' by Alice Munro, 'Broken Homes' by William Trevor, 'KBW' by Farrukh Dhondy and 'The Drowned Giant' by JG Ballard.