The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its eleventh year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sit...

Mentoring Away the Glass Ceiling in Academia: A Cultured Critique is different in that it calls attention to the role mentoring has played on the “glass ceiling” phenomenon in higher education. Narratives by and about the experiences of women of diverse backgrounds in the United States and beyond the borders of this nation shed needed light on the ways in which mentoring influences identity formation and internal coping mechanisms in environments often characterized by marginalization. Thr...

"Ciaran is standing up on a stage, the audience is boiling. In front of him are five women, on their knees, with their Lucia headscarves pulled up. His task is to get them all to cum, and try to figure out which of them is his girlfriend. If he succeeds - a surprise awaits with Santa Claus himself. It's Lucia Day again and time to put on the white robes, but this year Lucia will be celebrated in a completely different way.'Cum in your white robe' is a short story about shared enjoy...

"Neah comes home after three years in Australia to a Christmas celebration with her best friends from her youth. Of course, she notices Nadia the most, who is lovelier than ever. The three days of Christmas celebrations are filled with a constant longing, and finally everything explodes into skin and warmth and desire...'All I want for Christmas' is Christmas poetry about feelings that transcend time and space, and about finally getting to come home."

"It's just days before Christmas and Jennie has come to Stockholm to look for something. Something that is forbidden and that he might be able to help her with. His name is Franz and he takes her to an underworld, a jazz club where everyone dresses in coat and tails, including Jennie. Here, boundaries are suspended and different rules apply. On stage is Elsie with the red lips. She moves like a spell. Soon she is standing in front of Jennie, her hand slowly inching its way inside the edge ...

Four friends have finally managed to escape the stress of Christmas and gone up to a cabin in Vemdalen. The ground is covered in snow and the cabin is cold. Soon the friends begin to feel the holiday peace and after a few glasses of wine they fire up the sauna. But their naked bodies and the alcohol produce something more than Christmas cheer...

"When Susan's son cancels this year's Christmas celebrations for the sake of his partner's family, she decides to take charge of her own happiness. She stumbles across an opportunity to order home both a Christmas buffet and some Christmas company, but she probably couldn't have guessed that such a hunk would show up ...'A Special Christmas Delivery' is a Christmas story about grabbing the gifts of life, and Santa's ..."

"It's Christmas time. Just like the first St Stephan once did, Stephan has a tradition of riding around the village with his men to be invited to the farms. This year he will visit Adam, a man he has encountered before. Once at Adam's house, the men drink together, eat Christmas food, laugh. It's not long before they are tearing each other's clothes off with a special Christmas spirit. But soon it's time for the next Christmas ride.'St. Stephan and the horny stable boys' is a short...