The One About The Sheep And Other Stories

The sheep that's a good listener. The woman and the ice cream salesman. The young man who falls in love with a washing machine. That age old tale.



Funny, macabre, heart-breaking, eerie, disturbing, provocative...the 21 stories in this collection of originals are all winners of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival Short Story Competition Winners from its inception in 2016 to 2022. The stories are hugely varied in style and genre, and will appeal to any lover of fiction and the much-loved short story form. They have impressed the likes of Tessa Hadley, Nicholas Royle, Rachel Sieffert, Sarah Franklin, Martyn Waites, Isobel Dixon and Yasmin Kane.



1. Ghost by Jan Harvey



2. The Closed Cabinet by Cathryn Haynes



3. Below The Line by Jane Buffham



4. Refuge by Becky Sheaves



5. Walking to Dalkey by Deirdre Shanahan



6. The Equalizer by Anna Livia Johnston



7. Bird, Man, Dog by Sean Baker



8. Ice Cream Sunday by Jupiter Jones



9. Dirty Boy by James Hancock



10. The Librarian by Sam Derby



11. The One About The Sheep by Sally Bramley



12. Having The Time Of My Life by Colin Brezicki



13. Whale Watching by Diana Powell



14. Poppin' Down The Chippie by Steve Atkinson



15. Last Mother's Day by Eamonn Kirk



16. Kenny, Winking by Annie Dawid



17. Mrs Brooker by Jane Branson



18. Requiem For A Woolwich Canary by Sarah Doyle



19. A Place In The Sun by John Budden



20. Waiting For The Light by DP Dignam



21. I Used To Live Here Once by MS Clary