Anthologies

Now I must put my hand up here and confess to being biased.

I’ve had stories published in a number of anthologies over many years (mainly CafeLit and Bridge House Publishing).

As well as the joy of being published, I love reading the other stories and discovering what my fellow writers have come out with for their contributions to the books.

As a reader, I love reading anthologies in between reading novels. Often an anthology will help me decide which novel is going to come off my To Be Read list next.

A short story in an anthology might put me in the mood for a good crime novel or a fantasy one etc.

I also like mixing up the kinds of things I read so I like to have anthologies in between the novels and novellas.

In celebrating the written word, I definitely want to include the short stories as well as the longer works.