314pp., paperback, Tattoo Press, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781037063534

The latest collection of Short. Sharp. Stories, a platform for showcasing established and emerging South African fiction writers. This year the invitation was to reflect on the theme of power.

The Best Story winner is "The Ring Around Saturn" by Athol Williams.

Includes stories by Cynthia Kistasamy, Werner Labuschagne, Anna Stroud, Mthobisi Miyeni, Vuyokazi Ngemntu, David Medalie, Nadia Cassim and Tanya Farber, amongst others.

Joanne Hichens has edited a number of short story anthologies including Fluid, the freedom to be; Adults Only; Bad Company and The Bed Book of Short Stories. She has also written crime fiction, YA novels and a memoir, Death and the After Parties. She lives in Cape Town.

POWER, short stories

: Hichens (J.) comp.

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