The assistant in the charity shop recommended this collection of Oxford-based short stories by Oxford-based writers (collectively Oxpens – geddit?). It was a good suggestion. It reminded me why the short story, done well, is a very pleasing genre. Inevitably some of the stories work better than others but they were all interesting and covered a wide range of settings from medieval to modern. The writers themselves range from accomplished amateur to professional.

This is the second Oxpens short story collection to be published: I shall look out for the first set.