Best British Short Stories 2025

by David Bevan, Nicholas Royle (Other), Baret Magarian

261 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 13, 2025

Reviews

[Richard Clay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Iain Sinclair's 'Under the Flyover' is the longest and so far the best thing in this edition of BBST that everybody else's prose seems a bit limp by comparison. The other stories are acceptable enough but the presence of a visionary as inspired as Sinclair really would put most other living writers in the shade. It's a tricky one: 'Under the Flyover' clearly belongs in a collection with this title but I feel it forces me to underestimate everything else here.

[Shayzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helium… David Bevan… Word theater weekly, September 27, 2025

[Annalisa Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

A sparkling collection!

[Cathrine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alsin Moore … the inner climate as clear as the outer and in this story ‘The rain’s found us,’ .

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent selection. Many ghost stories and mostly rural settings apart from a couple, including Ian Sinclair’s magnificent, ranting London-set piece.