From amateur sleuths to mathematical geniuses, heatwaves to catacombs, school days to parenthood and everything in between, this second anthology from the D20 Authors showcases 11 fresh new short stories for you to enjoy.
Meet the resentful young man navigating his high school reunion; the amateur dramatics group baffled by a suspicious death in their midst; the theoretical physicist dreaming of exquisite discoveries; and the isolated archivist fighting to preserve her unravelling sanity…
Compiled by best-selling author Philippa East and covering everything from cosy crime to uplit, historical fiction to the paranormal, this second multi-genre collection from the D20 authors has a tale for everyone. Contributors to UnBound have been longlisted, shortlisted and winners of a variety of literary awards, including the People’s Book Prize, the HWA Debut Crown Award, The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize, and the CWA New Blood Dagger.
With this fantastic second anthology, the D20 Authors are delighted to be raising funds for the adult literacy charity Read Easy, which provides free, one-to-one reading coaching programmes for adults, with the vision that every adult who wants to read, can.
Contributors: Ellen Alpsten, Penny Batchelor, Tom Benjamin, Andreina Cordani, Victoria Dowd, Philippa East, Tim Ewins, Paula Greenlees, Anna Jefferson, Sarah Moorhead and Cat Walker.
Behind The Scenes…
My first book came out in lockdown. Debut novels are always a stressful rollercoaster and the pandemic made everything even worse. Luckily I had this brilliant community of fellow debut novelists around me. The D20s, as we called ourselves, were brought together by the weird situation we found ourselves in. And when Philippa East suggested working on a collection of short stories I didn’t hesitate to say yes. My contribution is a story about a little girl ghost. As Joey from Friends says, little girl ghosts are the creepiest.
“I wipe away the footprint, telling myself there’s a rational explanation. But I can’t think of one, because I know there is someone else in this house with me.
Tiny hands
Someone with little feet.”