The Sun Book of Short Stories

by Jane Moore (Editor / Contributor)

To celebrate the launch of Quick Reads in 2006, "The Sun" ran a short story competition called 'Get Britain Reading' in order to find the hidden talent among its ten million readers. It was judged by "Sun" columnist and bestselling author Jane Moore. "The Sun Book of Short Stories" contains a selection of the winning entries. They may make you smile, laugh or cry - but all of them are sure to entertain you.

Genres: Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Jane Moore is an English journalist, author and television presenter, best known as a columnist for The Sun newspaper and as a panellist and anchor on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between 1999 and 2002, returning as a regular panellist from 2013 onwards. Since 2018 Moore has been regularly relief-anchoring the show.

Reviews

[Shahrun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting and diverse collection of short stories. Not sure I thought he first place winner was the best story though. I would love to read more by all these authors, hope they write more and get it published. I think the one that most intrigued me, and I could see as a full length book is “There’s a Queue for the Therapist’s Chair” by Colette Dickinson. One Wish by Lisa Sanders was also brilliant and A Living by Gavin Bell stood out too.

[Owen Townend · Rating 3 out of 5]

As expected this turned out to be a very hit-and-miss collection with some show of talent among what I felt were quite a few missed opportunity plots. Ironically (or perhaps not) the stories that conformed to one particular genre were far more self-assured and well-written than the comparatively meandering literary efforts. Truly a mixed bag of fellow amateurs.

Notable Stories

• Last Gasp by Richard Grant – the title does little for the story which bears a curious twist ending.

• Need to Know by Kevin Tutchener – the ‘meeting with death’ has been done before but is it truly death herself?

• Ball Games by Francesca Bardsley – the exploitation of child exploitation leads you in but the weaponized ending comes from nowhere.

[Romysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

'A Living' and 'One Wish' are two stories that don't belong into this book. They are much more better. They are truly magnificent pieces. Sadly the rest is just an average tales and not that catchy. That's why I feel sorry for those two stories and giving only three stars for this book.

Nice, quick and easy read though!

[Nataliec7 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book of short stories. Nice of these authors to get their names out there in a book.

[Jodi Wray · Rating 4 out of 5]

brilliant book of short stories, all very different, a good read :-)