The second in a brand-new series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2012 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2011. The 2012 volume includes stories by Socrates Adams, AK Benedict, Neil Campbell, Ramsey Campbell, Stella Duffy, Stuart Evers, Julian Gough, Joel Lane, Jo Lloyd, Jaki McCarrick, Jon McGregor, Alison MacLeod, Dan Powell, Will Self, Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, HP Tinker, Jonathan Trigell, Emma Jane Unsworth, Jeanette Winterson.