Riptide: Vol 2. This item is unavailable.Riptide: Vol 2

A collection of fifteen new short stories by both established and emerging authors, with an introduction by Joanne Harris. The book includes an uplifting new tale set in the troubled West Bank from Michael Morpurgo, a powerful and disturbing portrayal of killing and sacrifice in north Africa from novelist Sean Burke and an absurdist story featuring sausages from prize-winning poet Luke Kennard. The book also contains Jane Feaver's outrageous take on landladies and lodgers and Jean Rafferty's shocking exposure of a child's hopes for a new life dashed. Open the pages of Riptide Volume 2 and you could find yourself sailing across the Atlantic with a smuggled baby, or joy-riding in South Wales, or trying to avoid becoming another victim inside C Block. This diverse and wide-ranging collection takes the reader on a momentous, sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking journey. The different stories complement each other and build up to an intriguing and balanced whole that leaves you wanting more.

Andrew Caink s stories have appeared in Succour and the anthology Talking to Strangers (Intellect Books). Nel Boswood lives in Devon. This is her first publication. Seán Burke is the author of The Death and Return of the Author (1992/8), Authorship (1995), Deadwater (2002), trans. Au bout des docks (Rivages, 2007), The Ethics of Writing (in press, Jan 2008). Jane Feaver s first novel, According to Ruth was published by Harvill Secker in 2007 and her first short story collection will come out in 2008. David Gaffney s collections of ultra-short stories, Sawn Off Tales (2006 Salt publishing) and Aromabingo (2007 Salt Publishing) are both available now and his novel, Never Never , a tale of debt counselling and trepanning, is out in 2008 on Tindall Street Press. Tania Hershman's short and very short stories have been published in a range of journals and anthologies and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her first collection, The White Road and Other Stories , will be published by Salt in 2008. Luke Kennard was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection of Poetry 2007 for his second book 'The Harbour Beyond the Movie', available from Salt Publishing. He won the Eric Gregory award for his first collection, The Solex Brothers . Eleanor Knight is writing a novel set in London's Victoria and this is her first publication. Lauri Kubuitsile is a writer living in Botswana. Her short stories have appeared in New Contrasts (South Africa), Mslexia (UK), Spinetingler (USA) and Horizon Magazine (Canada), among others. She has won numerous writing prizes; most recently first place in the 13th BTA/AngloPlatinum Short Story Contest. Michael Morpurgo is the author of over 100 books. He was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to literature. Sarah Oswald's short fiction will be published in the White Wall Review (Canada) in 2008. Jean Rafferty is an award-winning journalist and the author of two books on sport. Emma Seaman's short stories have been nominated for several awards and published in magazines and anthologies including Seven Days and The Remarkable Everyday (from www.legendpress.co.uk). Robin Sidwell's short stories have been short listed for the Derek Walcott Prize and the Fish Knife Award. Martin Sorrell has published several translations of French plays and of French and Spanish poetry, and has written plays and stories for Radio 4. Two of his translations have won BCLA/John Dryden prizes, and one original play a Mental Health Media Award for Best Radio Drama.