Short stories

Each story in the series tells of the life of an apprentice in Victorian London.

Enjoyably Dickensian stories of Victorian London. Some vulgarity, but offset by virtue in general.

Genres: Historical, Short

A series of 5 short stories, each portraying an adolescent coming to terms with a situation.

The stories seem intended to highlight the tensions surrounding a young adolescent. No age is mentioned, but 13 or 14 would make sense in most cases.

Genres: Growing-Up, Short

Bertram is a school minibus driver on the "Fruitcake Run", picking up various handicapped children.

Genres: Short, Thought-provoking

Father Brown is a Catholic priest who uses his intelligence and ingenuity to solve crime in this series of short stories.

Genres: Classic, Detective, Short

Jess is about to start a year abroad as part of her language degree.

Genres: Historical, Short

A set of short stories by several contemporary authors, mostly in the SciFi/Fantasy mould.

Genres: Fantasy, Short

A series of short stories rather in the mould of Alan Garner.

Genres: Friendship, Short

A collection of short stories by different authors, each one having to do with mirrors.

Genres: Short, Spooky

A series of short stories under the amusing umbrella of a rather mysterious young man who gets a job in an antiques shop and tells each customer a story about the item he's thinking of buying.

Lightweight and amusing series of short stories. One story is about a young Jesuit priest at the time of the Reformation who is sheltered by a lady with whom he falls in love and is forced to marry her to prove his uncelibate state.

Genres: Short

Three separate stories are told as happening in parallel around the same Cheshire locations.

Genres: Short

4 interlinked short stories covering one rural Macclesfield family over some 3 centuries.

Genres: Historical, Short