‘Eleven Stories’

Get the bundle of both the 2018 and 2019 Eleven Stories collections, bringing together the shortlist from our two previous short fiction prizes and available for a limited period in pdf format as a response to the lockdown measures put in place by the Spanish government.

All sales will be shared between Desperate Literature and the authors.

PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS WE HAVE REMOVED JOANNA WALSH'S SHORTLISTED STORY FROM THE 2018 PDF.

Only the best in contemporary experimental fiction...

Here's what the magnificent Eley Williams and Claire-Louise Bennett have to say about our selection:

'The 2019 entries revealed all the seething, the subtle and the searing possibilities of the short story -- it was a pleasure and privilege to celebrate them all' - Eley Williams

'The 2019 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has once again produced a memorable collection of diverse, dynamic short stories. It was a joy to read' - Claire-Louise Bennett

‘The 2019 Desperate Literature Prize has produced an incredibly impressive shortlist of stories. It’s an exciting, powerful and original selection. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.’ - Holly Faulks, Literary Agent at Greene & Heaton

Eleven Stories 2018 collects the shortlist from our first short fiction prize and is available for a limited period in pdf format as a response to the lockdown measures put in place by the Spanish government.

All sales will be shared between Desperate Literature and the authors.

->ONLY €2.20 or €3.50 for both the 2018 and 2019 editions AVAILABLE HERE<-

PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS WE HAVE REMOVED JOANNA WALSH'S SHORTLISTED STORY FROM THE 2018 PDF.

Here's what the magnificent Eley Williams has to say about our selection:

‘This brilliant shortlist celebrates everything that I value in literature — its demands, its affirmations, its possibilities. Linguistically playful, narratively deft: each story demonstrated the ways in which writing’s verve can thrill in the vein and trill on the ear. It was incredibly difficult to find winners: all of the writers’ entries were assured in their teetering, fiery in their freshness and bold in their complexity and should be congratulated and thanked.’