Story: 100 Great Short Stories Written by Women (A Head of Zeus Anthology)

A special reissue from Head of Zeus's bestselling anthology collection of the best 100 short stories written by women, selected by Victoria Hislop, one of the nation's favourite novelists.

Witty, heartbreaking, shocking, satirical: the short story can excite or sadden, entice or repulse. The one thing it can never be is dull. Now Victoria Hislop has collected 100 stories from her favourite women writers into one volume.

Here are Man Booker Prize-winners and Nobel Laureates, feminists and famous wits, national treasures and rising stars, all handpicked by one of the nation's best-loved novelists.

Featuring an all-star cast of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Miranda July, Doris Lessing, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Dorothy Parker and Virginia Woolf, The Story is the biggest and most beautiful collection of women's short fiction in print today.


'[This] has given me more pleasure this year than almost all the rest of my reading put together' -- Mariella Frostrup

This huge, beautiful book is a treasure chest... A collection so good, it's essential' ― The Times

'A rich feast' -- Nigella Lawson

'A celebration of female writers with contributions from many of our favourites' ― Good Housekeeping

Beautiful... Glittering... The scope is wide, rich and often unexpected' ― Independent