The Anansi Archive Anthologies
Volume 7 published Spring 2024
The seventh anthology from The Anansi Archive series featuring top writing from the autumn and winter competitions has been published. A warm thanks and congratulations to everyone who has contributed to this edition. Both Kindle and paperback editions can be found HERE. All reviews or just informal feedback will be welcomed.
Volume 6 published Autumn 2023
The sixth anthology of The Anansi Archive writing from the spring and summer 2023 seasons of competitions is now available on Amazon. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has taken part in this edition. Both the UK paperback and e-book editions can be found HERE. The US versions are coming soon.
Volume 5 published Spring 2023
The fifth anthology of The Anansi Archive writing from the 2022 Autumn and 2022/23 Winter season of competitions is now available on Amazon. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has taken part in this edition. Both the UK paperback and e-book editions can be found HERE. The US versions are HERE.
We hope that you enjoy the latest collection and review or email us your thoughts about it.
Contributors:
SHORT/ FLASH FICTION: FIND ME HERE By Holly Hamp, A BASKET OF PEONIES By Denarii Peters, WHERE I BELONG By Gemma Hudson, TIME OF THE SIGNS By M. H. Rothery, IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? By Amanda Zaldua, MUSE By Caitriona Murphy, LITTLE FUTURE By Hannah Ross, MURDER IN MALAGA By Jeannie Mackenzie, EGG CUPS By Joanna Garbutt, DIRTY LAUNDRY By Emma Townsend, MY CLIFFTOP PEACE By James Dwyer, THE SMOKING PARROT By Robert Sheffield, A SPECIAL HERO By Claire Poole, MARGARET O’CREAN By Sheena Power, LIBER VETUS By Harriet Watson, MAISIE, A LARGE JOHNNIE WALKER AND THE GOOD TIMES HOTEL By Maggie Sinclair, THE GREATEST ESCAPE By Lee Irving, THE RECLINING BUDDHA By John K. Wilkins, IT’S COLLECTION DAY By Lorraine Collins, YOU BET YOUR LIFE! By Gail Warrick-Cox, LUCKY ESCAPE By T.E. Samad, PASSED ON SHOES By Glenn Holmes, LOVE IN THE TIME BETWEEN STATIONS By Trevor Aston, LAST CUT By Heather Haigh
POETRY: OEUF By Fiona Dignan, WAVES AWAKE By Daniel Moreschi, CHESHIRE FARM By Jennifer Phillips, OUT OF PAIN By Pauline Marie Santos, THE PLACE I CALL HOME By Amie McAuley, THE GIVING TREE By Zana Bonafe , SLICED FRUIT By Ummay Shabbir, FROZEN FLOWERS IN A BLIZZARD By Michaela Thomasova , AS IT BREATHES By Saskia Bewley, FAMILIAR GROUND By Lydia Durrant, ASPIRATIONS By Sue Hoffmann, ROBINS DO NOT TYPICALLY DIE OF OLD AGE By Emily Keverne , RIVULET By Edward Virgo, HOLDING TIGHTLY By Isabel Prescott, MISSING HEART By Tara Deely, SPARKED VITALITY By Jennie Byrne
Volume 4 published Autumn 2022
The fourth anthology of The Anansi Archive writing from the 2022 Summer season of competitions is now available on Amazon. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has taken part in this edition. Both the UK paperback and e-book editions can be found HERE. The US versions are HERE.
We hope that you enjoy the latest collection and review or email us your thoughts about it.
Contributors:
SHORT/ FLASH FICTION: THE BLOODHEAD TRAIL By Elaine Rockett, CONFESSIONS OF A CLOCK-WALKER, By Lucia Kali, SOCIAL SHADE By James Dwyer, CAROLINA By Leslie Roberts, THE UNQUIET GRAVE Becca Brown, BAD CHOICES By Philip Gibson, CRIMSON FOR CRIMSON By Adam Shakinovsky, A GIFT FROM THE SEA By Caroline Quigley, A STRANGER’S LOOKOUT by Charlotte West, A SPOON IN THE SOCKET by Kit Derrick, WIDOWED by Ian Carass, LAST NIGHTS OF THE PANTO by Tabitha Bast, FEARLESS by Lesley Aldridge, THE WHEELS MUST KEEP TURNING by Warren Tang, FORTIETH by Ed Walsh, TURNING OF THE TIDE, By Wanda Dakin, BABY LOVE By Ellen Evers, JACKSON CREEK By Gail Warrick Cox, OKAY TEACHER! By Oluwatimilehin Oladiran , A COLD CONDOLENCE By John Blair, TITLES By Patsy Collins
POETRY: ODE TO AFFLICTION By Aisling McEvoy, THE LITTLEST WITCH By Dawn Rae, SILENCE By Emily Raisin, VEGETAL WOMAN By Kenzie Packer, BIRTH OF A NIGHTINGALE By Ece Karadag, A PRAYER TO BABBITT by Fiorella Ruas, TO BE HELD BY LIGHT By Lesley Mason, WORKING NINE NINE SIX by Creana Bosac, THERE’S STILL TIME TO BE CREATIVE? By S.R. Malone, STARFISH By Heather Haigh, WE NOW ACKNOWLEDGE By Sandra Achebe, UNTO THE WATERS By Sarah Edwards, SKY By R.J. Finnerty, PHOENIX By Finlay J. Goodwin, PHANTOMS By Ursula O’Reilly, ONE By Louise Hastings, ALL-CONSUMING NIGHT By Amelie Addison, PERSPECTIVE By Faith McCormick
Volume 3 published Summer 2022
The third anthology of Anansi Archive writing from the Spring season 2022 is now available on Amazon. You can find the UK paperback version HERE and the E-book HERE.
The US E-book is HERE and the paperback version will be available shortly. We hope that you enjoy the latest collection and review or feedback on your thoughts about it.
Here is a list of contributors:
SHORT/ FLASH FICTION: SHOW ME WHERE IT HURTS by Adam Lock, JUST A FEW SECONDS by Isobel Copley, THE LIFE IT ONCE HELD by Marcelle Creak, THY WILL BE DONE by Rosie Christopher, THE THIRD CHOICE by Catherine Naisby, WILL YOU SEE MY MATE? by Brian Hutchinson, LOOSE ENDS by Sandra Morgan, PENNY by Emma Burnett, LUNATIC’S WOOD by Atlas Weyland Eden, LIME TREE ARBOUR by Denarii Peters, LEMONADE MEMORIES by Rob Molan, DEAD DREAMS by Sandeep Kumar Mishra, FOREVER I DROWN by Kieran Rollin, THE PROPOSAL by Anna Ross, THE RELEASING by Fiona Ritchie Walker, SECOND-BEST HUSBAND by Chris Cottom, VOICES by R.F.Marazas, TILL DEATH DO US PART by Holly Hamp, A PATIENT LISTENER by June Barnes-Rowley, READING IN WINTER by David Davies.
POETRY: FULL MOON by Junia Dia, COUNTERPOINT by B.C. Burnett, UNDERESTIMATED KNIFE by Lydia Durrant, THE PHONE CALLS by April Miller, LETTER by Max Williams, THE GARDEN by Lorelei Clarke, RAVEN ON MY SHOULDER by Kim Tennison, LOVE IS A FALLEN DOVE by Neeve Milsom, I SLEEP AND I SLEEP AND I SLEEP AND I by Lewis Leverett, DARLING by Goda Buikute, A LETTER FROM PERSEPHONE by Alexia Schauer , THERE’S PEACE IN PROSPERITY by Hannah Robinson-Wright, THE DISHES ARE CLEAN by Eiman Anwar, GLANCING OVER PAPERBACKS by Simeon Lumgair, FLYING ENVY by Olya Carter, SPEAKING TO MY FATHER, SPEAKING TO MY MOTHER by Luigi Coppola, AIRPORT SECURITY by Charlie-Mai Dixon, SWALLOWED by Imogen Smith, JASMINE By Stephen Kingsnorth, BUT YOU’RE STILL HERE by Zara Shafique
Volume 2 published Spring 2022
The second anthology of Anansi Archive writing from the Winter season 2021-22 is now available on Amazon. You can find the UK paperback version HERE and the E-book HERE.
The US versions are available HERE and HERE respectively. We hope that you enjoy the latest collection and review or feedback on your thoughts about it.
Volume 1 published Winter 2021
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