Time & Tide (Guernsey Short Story Anthology Vol 1)

Swept along by the theme Time & Tide, these twenty short stories explore the shifting boundaries between land and sea, past and present, life and loss. Across the collection, a body washes up on a quiet beach and a choice is made to stay silent; a piece of the tide goes missing; a wartime blind spot on the coast becomes a place of fragile resistance; and a girl slips into the water and does not entirely come back the same. Chosen from the Guernsey Literary Festival’s inaugural short story competition, the finalists represent a compelling range of voices from across the Bailiwick, weaving realism with folklore, history with the contemporary, and the personal with forces larger than ourselves. Evocative, surprising and impossible to read just one, this collection offers a bold and unforgettable take on island storytelling.