Inside These Tangles, Beauty Lies

by Amanda Saint (Editor), Mark Newman, Tracy Fells

24 stunning stories that won the Retreat West competitions in 2014. Fear, hysteria, lies and rituals are just some of the themes that appear here but what all the stories share are memorable characters and a note of hope that runs through life no matter how bad, or mad, things might get.

81 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 26, 2015

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