Best of British Fantasy 2019

Editor Jared Shurin has gathered the very best work published by British and British-based authors in 2019, producing a diverse and surprising set of stories full of wonder, wit, delight and malevolence. They range from traditional to contemporary fantasy, written by a mix of established authors and new voices, combining to provide a veritable potpourri of the fantastical.

Introduction - Jared Shurin
A Manual for Avoiding Further Harm from [REDACTED] -
Helen McClory
Tyrannosaurs Bask in the Warmth of the Asteroid - Gareth E. Rees
Burrowing Machines - Sara Saab
Birds Fell From the Sky and Each One Spoke in Your Voice - Kirsty Logan
A Few Things I Miss About Skeletons - Tom Offland
Tilt - Karen Onojaife
Mr Fox - Heather Parry
Joss Papers for Porcelain Ghosts - Eliza Chan
The Fisher - Melanie Harding-Shaw
Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan - Christopher Caldwell
What the Sea Reaps, We Must Provide - Eleanor R. Wood
No Children - E. Saxey
The Colossus Stops - Dafydd McKimm
Wake the Dead - Maura McHugh
Why Aren't Millennials Continuing Traditional Worship of the Elder Dark? - Matt Dovey
Demolition - Nick Adams
The Redemption of Billy Zane - Liz Jones
What It Sounds Like When You Fall - Natalia Theodoridou
Competing Before the King - Leila Aboulela
Dem Bones - Lavie Tidhar
Sin Eater - Chikodili Emelumadu
O Cul-de-Sac - Tim Major
Thank God in the Acknowledgements - Jess Brough