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A selection of prize winning tales from Fabula Press' 2017 winter short story competition, the sixteen short stories in this collection cut across boundaries of genre or geography, and are bound only by one central theme - that of love, in its multicoloured splendour.

An anthology of contemporary short fiction, this collection has been gleaned from a global literary competition judged by an international jury, and features the works of award winning authors as also fresh voices exploring a range of characters, plots, and themes. From a child's perception of loneliness to a grown woman's understanding of what has been risked and lost, from a youth's crisis with identities and the future to the portrait of an old couple with the weight of history to bear, or from the three perspectives on one lotto win to a witty, sublime parable on the absurdity of war, the stories in this collection strive to explore each feeling, every emotion.

Twelve writers explore the various facets of being 'human' in this eclectic collection of tales. These stories cut across genre, ranging from the literary to the humorous, from the horrifying to the mysterious, from the fictional arts, to the fiction of science, but remain bound by the theme of human emotions. Be it a failed artist obsessed with a painting, or a frustrated husband obsessing over getting rid of the family cat; be it a father trying to bribe the son's memories-to-be or the concerned daughter prodding her father's estranged recollections; be it the ex-pilot reminiscing about drunk cows or the two strangers making believe about their make believe lives, it is the human element beneath the myriad settings that brings together Nivalis 2022, with tales from around the globe.

In Kenya, Africa, a group of convicts break out of prison. A ship sinks off the coast of South Africa in 1782. In a small coastal town, Long John the mini-man seeks an identity. In England, Tom and Charlotte move into a new home. A young man in Ukraine struggles with hunger and pride while in distant Samoa, love blooms ... Fourteen stories from fourteen authors, writing from all over the world. In Aestas 2015, a Fabula Press anthology.

Authors from around the world come together to explore the theme of changing times, and the consequent evolution of perspectives and people.