Jackie Kay, Ross Raisin, David Rose and Alex Preston headline the 2013 edition of Salt’s flagship national anthology edited by Nicholas Royle. The third in a landmark series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2013 brings you the best of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012. These stories first appeared in magazines from Stand to Granta, in anthologies across various genres from publishers big and small, and in authors’ own short story collections.