Splinters: a Collection of Short Stories Edited by Richard Baines

This sharp and snappy collection of short stories will grab students' attention right from the start. This unique anthology contains chilling and challenging tales that can be easily read, discussed and written about within a lesson. · The stories are grouped together in six themes: Crime and Punishment, Tooth and Claw, Fact and Fantasy, Love and War, Home and Away, and Straight and Narrow · Each story is accompanied by 'Fragments' to inspire lively discussion about the pieces, 'Chips' asking students to consider the technical devices used, and 'Scraps' to provide imaginative suggestions for creative writing · A series of valuable indexes have been included so that stories can be selected according to Themes and Topics, Terms and Techniques or Writing Tasks in order to fit any English course · Offers students the opportunity to enjoy, investigate, respond to and write short stories by meeting them in their shortest forms.