Kate Pullinger's books include the novels Weird Sister, The Last Time I Saw Jane, Where Does Kissing End? and A Little Stranger, and the short-story collections, My Life as a Girl in a Men's Prison and Tiny Lies. Kate also writes for film and radio as well as for digital media; you can find her latest multi-media piece, The Breathing Wall, at www.katepullinger.com.

'The writing is top quality, regardless of the individual authors' fame, and there's something here for everyone' Glamour 'One of the most pleasurable aspects of this anthology is its combining of excellent new stories alongside the work of newcomers' The Times 'A timely reminder of the bite-sized pleasures to be tasted and savoured in glittering glimpses of love, loss and dry cleaning' Independent 'A clutch of subtle, sensual stories about love, friendship, motherhood and the destructive habits of chickens Under the circumstances, it's hard not to talent-spot' Observer