RESERVED: Short Stories: An Ironclad Creative Short Story Collection

by Ironclad Creative CIC, John Barrett Lee, J.M.C. Kane

A collection of short stories published by Ironclad Creative CIC. All selected stories responded to our short story competition using the RESERVED

First Place - Quiet Enough to Listen by John Barrett Lee

Second Place - Out of Sight by J.M.C. Kane

Third Place - Scouting for Tables by Margaret Ousby

Shortlisted (alphabetical by author):

2 Chairs, 50 Storytellers, 1001 Nights, 1 hour by Avery Lorin Brown

Ready (tm) by Rhian Burgess

Of Dust and Drink by Reid Echelmeier

Polite Company by JJ King

Silver Linings by Conor Power

Beyond the Edge by Rhibull Tang

Lapping by Mary Upton

At Ironclad Creative CIC, we’ve been publishing short story collections for a little while now.
We’re on a mission to build a home for storytellers. That means we have a commitment to create opportunities for writers (of all forms) to make, publish and share work.
This is our seventh anthology, bringing you selected authors from our latest short story competition. All the stories in this collection used the same RESERVED.

159 pages, Paperback

Published June 12, 2026