Of all the strategies you could employ, shorts in winter are the worst. ESPECIALLY if they look like this…

Do not wear them

In fact, do not wear shorts in winter at all…

Read them

Earlyworks Press has a fantastic back-list of high-quality short story collections. A well-written short story is the perfect companion by the fire on a winter’s night. Here are just a few of the available titles…

The Sorcery of Smog

Hualophilia, autogynephilia, technophobia…

An unwitting homicide, a desperate shamanic journey, the end of the world…

….and other everyday occurrences.

In settings ranging from Mexico and the Australian outback to down town Edinburgh, told with laughter, philosophy, nostalgia and some stunningly unexpected twists, this wide-ranging collection of original stories demonstrates why it’s sometimes difficult to get from breakfast to supper without precipitating an apocalypse…. and then comes the night.

Journeys Beyond

Where do you look, how far do you travel, what are the magic words? When danger and chaos are all around, how do you find the eternal human spirit that survives the worst, the very worst, the world can throw at you?

Unsafe Spaces

There are already two books out there called ‘Trigger Warning’ so this one is called ‘Unsafe Spaces’ instead. Go on, take a risk. You will never forget reading this book.

Apples, Shadows and Light

Where do baby selkies come from? Where do shadows go? What happens in the minutes after a war ends? Apples, shadows and light presents an incredible range of stories, some long enough for a train journey, some short enough for a tea break – and all touching on intriguing ideas you might just never have thought to ask about…

Buy our short story collections from bookshop.org

If you would like any Earlyworks Press titles not listed here, or would like to buy at author discount, or order copies to be sent overseas, please contact me and I’ll arrange it.