Sixty-five very short stories. The Book Of Small Changes takes its inspiration from the wisdom of the Chinese I Ching, replacing those ancient fortunes with new stories: where the sea mourns for those it has lost, where encyclopaedia salesmen weave their accidental magic, and where the only true gift for a king is the silence of snow. Tim Stevenson is the winner of the 2013 National Flash-Fiction Competition and his stories have previously appeared in the anthologies -Scraps- and -Jawbreakers-. This is the first collection of his work.

This, the 3rd annual anthology from National Flash-Fiction Day, sees a wide range of writers telling us their carefully crafted stories about the wonders of the world and beyond. Given the theme of 'The Senses' these writers have responded in unexpected ways to produce tales of love and betrayal, hope and despair, life and death. Writers include sci-fi and crime best-seller Michael Marshall Smith, crime novelist Sarah Hillary, Costa Short-Story Prize 2014 winner Angela Readman, NFFD Director Calum Kerr and a host of others including Nuala Ni Chonchuir, Nik Perring, Nigel McLoughlin, Cathy...

A collection of short stories. Thirteen stories that journey between the gothic past and the very far future: where a washing machine arrives unannounced to change the course of a life, and the colours at the end of the world are our oldest enemy. Discover why the mushrooms in the cellar bite back, how a little girl's birthday present can have a life of its own, and why, in the wrong hands, imaginary guns can still be very, very dangerous. Includes the previously published 'Cleanliness', 'Something Else', and the prize-winning story 'Watching'.

Every significant group accomplishment -- and failure -- in the history of the world can be traced back to leadership. Leaders make things happen. Ideally, leaders make things BETTER. Organizations constantly search for quality leaders, but finding and developing them remains a perpetual challenge. Helpful insights and practical applications for leaders are widely available, but where can you find a comprehensive presentation of the basics of leadership itself, showing from the beginning what it takes to lead effectively? In BETTER: The Fundamentals of Leadership, Tim Stevenson systematically...