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We asked those writers who were published in The Best of CaféLit 7 to vote for their five favourite stories published on the CaféLit web site in 2018. These are the stories that received the most votes. Each story in this little volume is the right length and quality for enjoying as you sip the assigned drink in your favourite Creative Café. You need never feel alone again in a café. So what's the mood today? Espresso? Earl Grey tea? Hot chocolate with marshmallows? You'll find most drinks in our drinks index. Click on the image to find out more. 

"Other Ways of Being" is an anthology of stories that ask us many questions about: •otherness: Is a stranger a threat or is he just trying to help? It may be as clever as being a fortune-teller but is it helpful? •other times: Is the wild woman really a little girl that she used to know? Will they be safe now or should they worry about the bright soldiers marching? Which horror does the deep sleeper hide? •other histories: Who was that strange child? How did they manage to feed so many people? •other worlds: Can a couple remain together even when their natures threaten to keep them apart? Is a seemingly incompetent wizard cleverer than he seems? What happens when an alien makes a mistake and almost gives himself away? Do animals help each other in their struggle against the damage that humans are doing? Who exactly is the lady in blue? Is Bradley’s the best story ever? •our near futures: Can a man survive in a dystopian future if he has no more human c...

Buy all of these books for your Kindle for just £4.00. Or buy them individually form Amazon.  "Transforming Being" is the theme of the 2019 Waterloo Festival Writing Competition. It is also the title of the e-book, which contains the fifteen winning entries. We chose these because they tell a good story, have a strong voice, and are imaginative in their interpretation of the theme. The writers present us with characters that are believable and rounded. The stories all contain a pleasing narrative balance. Entrants were asked to produce a short story or a monologue. Style is diverse and each story is completely different from the others. Buy from Amazon   Theresa May sparked a powerful debate when she announced that global citizens were citizens of nowhere. She also gave us a marvellous title and a great theme for a book. Is a global citizen really a citizen of nowhere? This collection reacts to this question and explores some possible a...

     "Theme and Variations" is a collection of sixteen flash fiction stories with music – some of it harmonious, some discordant – running through them. - Although fictional, these stories also contain many elements of realism. After all, music will always be with, around or in you.   Buy from Amazon   In this collection of women's fiction, 140 stories, each 140 words long, each story was inspired by the first picture I saw when I opened my Twitter feed on that day. The dates are preserved and give an indication of how long it has taken to produce this and turn it into a book. These stories are created to be varied, thought-provoking, laughter-producing and tear-jerking. Buy from Amazon    Twenty-seven tales of betrayal and loss, of dreams and hopes, of lovers, liars and cheats. Stories with a strong sense of place, transporting us from the seashore to the city, from India's monsoon to the heat of Cuba, and from the supermarket ai...

Buy any five for £25.00 Or buy individually from Amazon. Click on the picture to take you straight to Amazon.  Once you have chosen your five books, email your choice of books and your PayPal receipt number to us. Crime writing at its best: strong stories, frighteningly real characters and powerful narratives. This collection is a showcase of talent from new and established writers. Find yourself trapped in the heads of victims pleading for mercy, or the evil minds of cold bloodied serial killers. Whether it's blackmail, obsession or a case of wrong place, wrong time, there is blood. And there is crime. Crime after Crime. Do you believe in angels? This collection of fictional short stories explores encounters with angels – in whatever form they take. Some stories are sad, some are funny; all will touch you. The collection includes a new story by Laura Wilkinson, author of BloodMining (winner of the Bridge House Debut Novel Competition 2010). ...

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