Northants Writers’ Ink

anthologies of short stories

We have collected and published five anthologies of short stories with our first book coming out in 2016. Our most recent anthology published in November 2021 is based on stories around Wellingborough. For purchase details, see below. Tales of the Scorpion (2015) Tales of the Scorpion is a collection of short stories and poems, each with a twist or sting in the tail. Stories include Guido's Door, a disturbing about a haunted prison; Queen of Swords, a tale about emotionally confused Tarot readers; Deborah's Diary, the secrets of a mass murderer; A Different Types of Service, one of several stories feauring passionate love triangles; Making an English Lady, fun and frolics at a mediaeval orgy; Learnin' the Family Business, the blooding of a young member of the Mafia set in 1920s' New York. Thirteen stories and ten poems comprise this first anthology from Northants' Writers’ Ink, a writers' group from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE FROM NWI 

While Glancing out of a Window (2016)

45 short stories. 9 poems. 2 scripts. 1 essay. 9 authors. Crime and drama. Ghost and horror. History and myth. Humour and whimsy. Science fiction. Love and romance. While glancing out of a window is Northants Writers’ Ink’s second anthology. LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE FROM NWI 

Talking Without Being Interrupted (2017)

• Murder on TV’s reality show Celebrity House. • A painter sells his soul in exchange for artistic perfection. • A dying man yearns for his lost love. • A girl wanders isolated streets, chased by an unnamed monster. • An epicure’s hunt for unusual food takes her where she least expects it. • Game shows replace General Elections to decide who runs the country. • A boy becomes a superhero and finds it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. • A daughter looking after her aging parent finds their roles are reversed. • Is Rose’s new boyfriend a serial killer? Surely not! Can’t be. • Violet, the Kray Twins’ mother, meets Judy Garland. • An office worker’s mystical experience in an art gallery. • Love, loss and sacrifice in a north Arctic community. All this and more in the third anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink.

And Ghosts Are Real, Too (2018)

Evil lurks in 10thC Wendelingburgh • Six men encounter horror in the Tithe Barn, Wendlingburgh • The soul of a Gunpowder Plot leader visits a little girl in Isham • A young man is transported back to the Battle of Naseby • The Witchfinder General interrogates the husband of a Northampton witch • 19thC Kirby Hall has an unwelcome visitor and a ghostly haunting • A cackling witch terrorises people in Wellingborough • A teenage girl communicates with spirits from the beyond. All this and more in And Ghosts Are Real Too, an anthology of thirteen stories with a difference. Every story is a tale of ghosts, horror or crime, all set in the English county of Northamptonshire. They are scary, shocking and authentic. This is the fourth anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a group based in Wellingborough, England.  

Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints (2021)

Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints is an affectionate, wonderfully varied anthology of short stories set in Northamptonshire. It explores the county’s rich history, its present day, looks forward to its future and re-introduces some long-lost ghosts. Follow Edward I as he builds Eleanor Crosses in memory of his beloved queen. Sit before Charles I in Holdenby House as he contemplates his execution. Find out what happened when Northampton was bombed in World War Two. Experience the world of professional wrestling. Meet a community of ghosts. See what Northamptonshire will look like when robots take over. All this and much, much more in Soft Shadows, Faints Footprints. This is an anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a writers group based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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