Taking as its theme the Global Village, Tell Tales 4 is a groundbreaking collection of short stories from the UK-based Tell-Tales literary collective. Set in India, Africa, Jamaica, Trinidad, New York, London, cyberspace and the future, the stories are ambitious and very contemporary. Love, sex, death, war, global warming, immigration and crime are just some of the topics treated in often dark and funny ways. We are introduced to drug smugglers, call-centre workers, tourists, ghosts, and even a talking robotic dog. The 26 stories bring together exciting new talents and the work of established writers such as Caribbean luminary Olive Senior, well-known UK-based authors Matt Thorne, Sophie Woolley and Adam Thorpe, travel writer Justin Hill, hip hop journalist Michael Gonzales, and Next Gen poet and short story writer Catherine Smith. What unites all the writers is a passionate commitment to telling tales and exploiting the possibilities of the short story form.
