Future Shock

by Amanda Saint (Editor), Joanna Campbell, Sherry Morris

The winning stories in the 2018 Retreat West Short Story and Flash Fiction Prizes cross genres, eras and continents to bring you insights into the human condition through many different voices.

From a young boy finding his place in the world when watching Magnum PI with his family; to an old woman cooking eggs, inspired by the painting by Vel�zquez; and a self-styled food cop raiding shops and fast-food outlets not selling what he wants them to. This collection is filled with moments of humour, love and pain. Just like life is.

Featuring stories from Joanna Campbell, Manisha Khemka, Richard Buxton, Fiona J. Mackintosh, A.C. Koch, Sherry Morris, James Ellis and more.

106 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2019

About the author

Amanda Saint's debut novel, As If I Were A River, was longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize, selected as a NetGalley Top 10 Book of the Month and as Top 20 Book of 2016 by the Book Magnet blog. Her short stories appear in anthologies and literary magazines and have won, or been long and shortlisted for, various prizes. When she's not writing fiction, Amanda works as a freelance journalist writing about environmental sustainability. She also runs her own creative writing business, Retreat West, through which she runs writing retreats, courses and competitions, and an independent press, retreat West Books.

Find out more on her websites:
http://amandasaint.net
http://retreatwest.co.uk
http://retreatwestbooks.com

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

My story, SATELLITE PRESENCE, appears in this volume. It's a very weird tale of dislocated identity and the erasure of self, and it fits right in with the other strange and evocative pieces published here.