Jimmy Swan, the enigmatic commercial traveller, is another classic comic character from the pen of Neil Munro, the master Scottish humorist.

A Time to Keep is George Mackay Brown’s second volume of short stories inspired by both ancient and modern life on the island of Orkney.

Persian Dawns, Egyptian Nights is a complete set of stories first published in the early thirties, revealing an author whose interests lie far beyond the Scottish and rural.

The Island of the Women is George Mackay Brown’s posthumously published collection of short stories, released in 1998, two years after the author’s death.

A Calendar of Love is George Mackay Brown’s first collection of short stories set in Orkney.

The complete life work of Agnes Owens in short stories - everything from Gentlemen of the West, Lean Tales, People Like That and 14 brand new unpublished stories.

A short story collection, capturing the lives of council estate dopeheads, single parents, awkward young men and lonely old women.

This collection of eleven stories demonstrates the full range of George MacKay Brown’s literary talent.

Ronald Frame’s deceptively gentle writing spins a taut web of desire, betrayal and loss as his characters play out their roles in the intimate and claustrophobic amphitheatre of Carnbeg.

The newest and most talented of Scottish writers have plumbed their depths, creating a set of demons for a modern age. The range of visions and voices collected in this book – all investigating the heart of darkness, all written with a chilling skill – are enough to confirm Scotland as one of the most imaginative homes of world Gothic.

Three internationally bestselling authors write three interlinking stories focused on Edinburgh.

Escalator is Michael Gardiner’s stunning fiction debut. Sparsely written and beautifully observed, these stories resist cliché and overstatement, and refuse to judge their subjects, presenting a compelling glimpse under the skin of an enigmatic country.

Wry, dry, moving and humorous, these tales capture the flavour of the North-east as never before and are written in the dialect of the area as it has been used over the last six decades.

The astonishing range and scope of Alasdair Campbell's writing is highlighted in this collection of short stories set in Lewis.

Although best known as one of Scotland’s greatest modern poets, Iain Crichton Smith was also prolific as a writer of short stories. Here in one volume is a comprehensive collection demonstrating the versatility of Crichton Smith’s range.

Although best known as one of Scotland’s greatest modern poets, Iain Crichton Smith was also prolific as a writer of short stories. The pieces in this collection form a central part of his oeuvre, demonstrating the full range and versatility of his literary talent.

Few writers in Scotland can catch a sense of place and time in the way that Bess Ross can. Her warmth and humanity have ensured her a growing audience over the years.

Well-known names and talented new writers are all to be found in this volume of the very best entries to one of Britain’s biggest and most prestigious short story competitions – The Scotsman and Orange Short Story Award 2006.

This is the first appearance in book form of a popular long-running serial from the Caithness weekly paper, the John o' Groat Journal.

Classic style never goes out of fashion. Since Coco Chanel invented it in 1926, the little black dress has become every woman’s wardrobe staple. Fifteen women of varied backgrounds offer a colourful range of views on the little black dress, all tailored by Susie Maguire into a simply stunning and elegant collection.

A collection of Ian Stephen's short stories with recipe-poems and children's drawings, Mackerel & Creamola is a rich portrayal of contemporary life in the Hebrides, drawing on the author's deep knowledge of sea lore.

Winter Tales is a superb collection of tender and compassionate tales, focussing on light and darkness, winter and its festivals, by one of the greatest story-tellers of the 20th century.

Rhona Rauszer has had a long and varied life, but she has always been drawn back to her ancestral homeland, Skye, the setting of these stories.

This is the story of a war between a hostile London government and an army of cottage whisky-makers, mostly in the Highlands of Scotland, illustrating the indomitable spirit of the Highlander and the importance of Whisky in Scottish culture.

This collection of 42 stories comprises every type of tale found on the island of South Uist, including heroic Fingalian stories, international folktales, ghost stories and local historical and humorous anecdotes.

This edition is published as a tribute to mark the 65th anniversary of the author’s death. Written in 1896, the title story is set in a now-deserted but identifiable glen beside Loch Fyne, and can be read as an allegory of the history of Highland culture.

A.J. Bruford and D.A. MacDonald present an entertaining collection of the oral tales that have been passed down by generations of Scottish storytellers, and have been recorded and collected by researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University over the past fifty years.

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