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In the first instance please submit work to our forum from where we'll choose at least one of the stories featured on the site. The Tell Tales format is stories of 2500 words or less

 Welcome to the first edition of our e-zine. We're in full production flow on the next Tell Tales anthology so we've decided to keep this really simple the first time round. When the next issue comes along in a month, you will begin to see changes in the complexity and scope of fiction, and we will be incorporatiing comments from industry professionals who visit the site on each piece. We hope you'll enjoy the two stories here and will continue with us on our journeys of literary illusion.

Thank you,
The Editors
In this issue:

Shorter Story
Don't Look Back by Rishi Coupland

Longer Story
Keeping Busy by Matt Gibson

Tell Tales is an initiative started by Courttia Newland and Nii Ayikwei Parkes, which now publishes an annual anthology on New Fiction and features writers at several literary events around the world. This e-zine is edited by rotating guest editors. Copyright remains with the authors.

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