Decongested

Tales Of The Decongested is a short story showcase that happens at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, on the last Friday of every month. To quote the organisers:

[...] our primary objective is to raise the profile of the short story and to discover exciting new talent in London.

The basic idea is that you submit your story and, if selected, you will be asked to go along to the monthly event, stand up in front of a room full of people and read it aloud.

I've never actually attended one of these readings either as a performer or a member of the audience. So why am I mentioning at all?

Well, they have just published Tales Of The Decongested, an anthology that collects together the best stories from the first two years of the venture, one of which was written by none other than the Disgruntled Commuter.

As an added bonus, if, once you have purchased a copy, you can guess which author in the anthology is the otherwise anonymous Disgruntled Commuter, he/she/it will sign your copy for you, assuming that you can be arsed to send it to him/her/it. I of course have an unfair advantage, having met Ms/Mr./Mrs./Messer/Monsieur/Fräulein Commuter, so I guess I'll have to forge his/her/its signature myself.