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Don’t panic – reality is just a redraft

By Dan Powell on July 4, 2020

15th International Conference on the Short Story in English

By Dan Powell on July 20, 2018

East Midlands Book Award at the Lowdham Book Festival

By Dan Powell on June 15, 2016

First Story Young Writers’ Festival 2015

By Dan Powell on September 19, 2015

Counting Words vs Words That Count

By Dan Powell on June 4, 2015

The Weird and Wonderful World of London Short Story Festival

By Dan Powell on June 22, 2014

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Looking Out of Broken Windows

My debut collection of short fiction, published by Salt. Click the image to order.

Bath Short Story Award Anthology 2020

Includes my short story 'Exterior. Train Station Platform. Night.' Click the image to purchase a print copy of the anthology.

Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Anthology 2020

Includes my short story 'Dissolution.' Click the image to purchase a print copy of the anthology.

The London Magazine August/September 2017

Includes my short story 'The Ideal Husband Exhibition.' Click the image to read online or purchase a print copy.

The End

Includes my short story 'All The TVs In Town.' Click the image to order.

Being Dad

Winner of the 2016 Saboteur Award for Best Anthology. Includes my short story 'A Father's Arms.' Click the image to order.

Bath Short Story Award Anthology 2015

Includes my short story 'Dancing to the Shipping Forecast.' Click the image to order.

The Lonely Crowd 2

Includes my short story 'The Old Fashioned Hat.' Click the image to order.

Unthology 7

Includes my short story 'Free Hardcore.' Click the image to order.

New Short Stories 8

Includes my short story 'Rip Rap.' Click the image to order.

Salt Anthology of New Writing 2013

Includes my story 'Storm in a Teacup'. Click the image to order.

Carve Spring 2013 Premium Edition

Includes my Esoteric Award winning story 'Storm in a Teacup.' Click the image for more details and to order.

The Best British Short Stories 2012

Includes my prize winning story 'Half-mown Lawn.' Published by Salt Publishing (April 2012). Click the image to order.

web fiction I like

Triptych: Nuala O'Connor — NEW FLASH FICTION REVIEW
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What do you Mean? by Kerry Hadley-Pryce @ the incubator
She Picks Up The Cat by Hannah Stevens @ Fairlight Books
So Many People by Tania Hershman @ Synaesthesia
Scablands by Jonathan Taylor @ Fairlight Shorts
Grandma's Sex Robot by William Hawkins @ The Guardian
The Boots by Kelly Griffiths @ forgelitmag.com
The Woe Shirt by Paulé Bártón @ The Paris Review
The Edge of the Shoal by Cynan Jones @ The Guardian

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