About Faber Stories

Faber Stories, a landmark series of gem-like volumes, presents masters of the short-story form at work in a range of genres and styles. From precious rediscoveries to gender-playful fictions, fabular futurism to uncanny imaginings, there are stories by a new generation of Faber authors alongside Faber classics. Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

Robert Aickman: The Inner Room

Brian Aldiss: Three Types of Solitude

Djuna Barnes: The Lydia Steptoe Stories

Samuel Beckett: Dante and the Lobster

Alan Bennett: The Shielding of Mrs Forbes

Petina Gappah: An Elegy for Easterly

Sarah Hall: Mrs Fox

Kazuo Ishiguro: Come Rain or Come Shine

P. D. James: The Victim

Thom Jones: Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine

Claire Keegan: The Forester’s Daughter

David Means: A River in Egypt

John McGahern: The Country Funeral

Lorrie Moore: Terrific Mother

Edna O’Brien: Paradise

Flannery O’Connor: A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Julia O’Faolain: Daughters of Passion

Sylvia Plath: Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom Sally Rooney: Mr Salary

Akhil Sharma: Cosmopolitan