New Zealand writer Craig Cliff won best first book for A Man Melting, a collection of short stories.

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He published Long Lankin, a collection of short stories, in 1970, while his first novel was 1971's Nightspawn.

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The workshop instructor had published a novel and a collection of short stories.

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Ann Willmore who runs Bookends in Fowey has found a rare collection of short stories by the celebrated author.

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Redditor Padthai93 even compiled a collection of these short stories.

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Monty Python star Terry Jones just raised enough money to publish Evil Machines, a collection of 13 short stories about gadgets, which have a mind of their own.

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The film was adapted by writer-director Rebecca Miller (daughter of the noted American playwright) from a collection of her own short stories.

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Others include Rhondda-born Rachel Tresize for her collection of short stories, Fresh Apples and Mathew David Scott, a teacher in Cardiff, for his novel Playing Mercy.

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His collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, and his novel, Such a Long Journey, depict the struggles of working class Parsi communities.

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