Our Christmas gift guide offers seasonal inspiration to help you find the perfect Comma Press book for your loved ones
For lovers of science and sci-fi
Beta Life: Stories from an A-life future From organically-grown skyscrapers to bacterial haute cuisine, this futuristic collection imagines artificial life in the year 2070. Soon to be heard on Radio 4's Open Book!
Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science
EUREKA! From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, this anthology draws out and distills science’s love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines.
For lovers of myth and legend
Moss Witch- Sara Maitland Each story achieves a kind of alchemy, fusing together raw elements of scientific theory with ancient myth, folkloric archetype and contemporary storytelling.
The Book of Gaza- Ed. Atef Abu Saif
Stories of frustration, hope and humanity from writers living in the world's largest prison. These stories will take you behind the grim headlines.
Tea at the Midland- David Constantine
Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in 2013, this collection also features the winning story of the BBC National Short Story Award 2010.
BBC National Short Story Award 2014 With three Orange Prizes, two James Tait Black Memorial Prizes and a Wales Book of the Year award to their names, these writers are bona fide literary heavy-hitters.
The War Tour- Zoe Lambert From Kandahar to Sarajevo, the forests of Lithuania to the boot camps of the DRC, Zoe Lambert’s stories weave a dark and disturbing web and give voices to the silenced of war.
For lovers of new writing
The Stone Thrower- Adam Marek Sometimes, only outright surrealism can do justice to the merciless strangeness of reality. Inspired by being the parent of a particularly vulnerable child.
You Have 24 Hours to Love Us- Guy Ware
Ware's mercurial characters struggle struggle with the urge to redefine themselves, to start again, to reboot, in this playful debut collection.
Make sure your books arrive in time! Hard copies must be ordered from our website by 12pm Thursday 18th December for pre-Christmas delivery!
