Night-time Stories

by Yen-Yen Lu (editor)

A child waits for the tooth fairy; a mother spends a night watching a recording of the previous night; two women face the ghosts that haunted their grandmothers. The nights in these ten stories are thick and substantial, ambiguous and alluring.

Eerie, magical, hushed and surprisingly alive, this anthology shows the night as a place where connections are made and daylit lives can be changed.

With stories from Valentine Carter, John Kitchen, Winifred Mok, Leanne Radojkovich, Angela Readman, Jane Roberts, Rebecca Rouillard, Miyuki Tatsuma, Zoë Wells and Sofija Ana Zovko.

72 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2022

Reviews

[stefiereads · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of stories in night time. Some stories are beautiful, some are just not for me :) but a quiet cozy read nonetheless :) love the atmosphere.

[Christi Jasutan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful little collection filled with short stories about the night. The perfect bedtime read <3

[Mru Natu · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are ten stories written by various authors that investigate the night-time in very unique ways. My favourites of the lot were Whose Lounge? Where the author uses a camera to record the night in her living room and feels a calm watching the video. Additionally, Daylight Saving Time was also captivating where it explored the clock going back an hour and compares it to time travel.

[Sara Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tiny little bedtime snack of a read - an anthology of 10 short stories over 55 pages. It was an interesting experience of what a collection of short stories can be, but I didn’t really get the feeling the editor was aiming for; the surreality of those quiet night you spend sleepless when you are young, just to be in something that is quietly and strangely different from the day.

[Gaby Michalska · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. Enjoyed some stories, but others I just didn’t vibe with