A huge thank you to the nine authors and one reader who read at last night's SSS eerie evening (15 Nov 2015). They read brilliantly to a packed and appreciative SVA audience.

Snaps ("images") and hopefully a video of the evening will appear here.

The Line-up in Running Order for the Stroud Short Stories sold-out Eerie Evening Sunday 15 November at the SVA, John Street, Stroud. Doors 7.30 for 8.00 start.

FIRST HALF

1. The Woman's Wraith - Kirsty Hartsiotis

www.kirstyhartiotis.co.uk

http://firespringsfolktales.wordpress.com

The brand new book, Gloucestershire Ghost Tales, by Anthony Nanson and Kirsty is on sale at the event.

  

2. The Spirit is Willing - Tony Stowell

tonystowell.co.uk

  

3. A Winter Wedding - Stephen Connolly

https://planbsteve.wordpress.com/

4. The Unwanted Visitor - Julie Wiltshire

5. Points to the Eye - Daniel Gooding

Twitter  @dp_gooding

SECOND HALF

6. The Ghastly Rolling - Simon Piney

7. Breathing Exercises - Elizabeth Murphy

8. Thrown Together - Graham Bruce-Fletcher

https://gramegrief.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/GrahamBruceFletcher

9. The Ghost in the Classroom - Judith Gunn

https://judithgunn.wordpress.com/

10. A Good Old-fashioned Copper - Andrew Stevenson 

The Stroud Short Stories Eerie Evening on Sunday 15 November (Doors 7.30/Start 8.00) at the SVA in John Street, Stroud has now SOLD OUT.

There will be no tickets available at the door on the evening unless pre-booked.

Fabulous. Thank you, folks. We are all looking forward to the evening.

Line-up for 15 November 2015 Eerie Evening - our Tenth Event + Ticket Information

49 Gloucestershire/South Glos authors submitted 63 stories to the judges for our 15 November Eerie Evening. The standard of submission was, as we expected, very high with about half the stories being seriously considered for our event.

Our judges, Nimue Brown and SSS organiser John Holland, chose "blind" - without knowing the identities of the authors. The ten authors selected include eight who will read at SSS for the first time.

Here they are - in librarians' alphabetical order by title - 

Breathing Exercises - Elizabeth Murphy (North Nibley)
The Ghastly Rolling - Simon Piney (Stroud)
The Ghost in the Classroom - Judith Gunn (Stroud)
A Good Old-fashioned Copper - Andrew Stevenson (Nailsworth)
Points to the Eye - Daniel Gooding (Longwell Green, South Glos.)
The Spirit is Willing - Tony Stowell (Tetbury)
Thrown Together - Graham Bruce-Fletcher (Perrotts Brook)
The Unwanted Visitor - Julie Wiltshire (Cam)
A Winter Wedding - Stephen Connolly (Cirencester)
The Woman's Wraith - Kirsty Hartsiotis (Stroud)

These are wonderful stories - strange, idiosyncratic, dark - and in two cases, very funny.

The event starts at 8pm, with doors at 7.30. We normally end the evening's proceedings at about 10pm. Come along if you can. It's going to be a great evening.

Ticketing for the event is organised by the venue - The Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA), John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA.

Tickets are £6 each (no concessions) and are available from two sources.

Firstly, Trading Post, 28 Kendrick Street, Stroud, GL5 1AQ. In person and by cash only.

Secondly, online from the SVA website -
http://www.stroudvalleysartspace.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=209

(Poster by Tom Brown. Thanks Tom)

Tickets for Stroud Short Stories Sunday 15 November 2015 Eerie Evening

Ticketing for the event is organised by the venue - The Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA), John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA.

Tickets are £6 each (no concessions) and are available from two sources.

Firstly, Trading Post, 28 Kendrick Street, Stroud, GL5 1AQ. In person and by cash only.

Secondly, online from the SVA website -

http://www.stroudvalleysartspace.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=209

The event starts at 8pm, with doors at 7.30. We normally end the evening's proceedings at about 10pm.

Tickets normally sell out in a week. Fly, my beauties.

Stroud Short Stories is now closed for submissions to the Eerie Evening to be held on Sunday 15 November 2015 at the SVA, John Street, Stroud at 8pm (doors 7.30).

A sincere thank you to all the writers who have submitted stories to us. They will be judged 'blind' by Nimue Brown and John Holland. We will announce the ten authors who will read their stories at our event by 2 November at the very latest.

Information about ticketing will appear here when we have it.

The Deadline is Friday 25 September at 23.59 for Submissions for our 'Eerie Evening' to be held on Sunday 15 November 2015. 

Stroud Short Stories is now accepting submissions for its one-off ‘Eerie Evening’ of short stories to be held on Sunday 15 November 2015, the deadline for which is Friday 25 September at 23.59. 

Ten stories will be selected from those submitted to be read by their authors at a packed and appreciative Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA), John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA at 8pm (doors 7.30). 

It will be our tenth event.

As this is a special ‘Eerie Evening’ we are looking for stories which are strange or odd or spooky or bizarre, creepy, ghostly, ghastly, scary, supernatural, uncanny, weird or spine-chilling. Spoofs and pastiches are very welcome too.

We are again seeking stories from writers from across Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.

As ever it’s free to submit, and you may submit stories which have been previously published or are unpublished. Up to 1,500 words.

Submissions are judged "blind", the judges not knowing the authors' identities. We have a new judge for this event. Writer Nimue Brown will be judging with SSS organiser John Holland. See Judges for more information. 

We are greatly looking forward to reading your stories. 

Click on the tabs above, or links below, for more information about the rules and how to submit your stories -

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Our submissions email is  submissions.sss@gmail.com

Please read The Rules and How to Submit before submitting your story. Thank you.

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