{"id":173,"date":"2025-12-02T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/fin\/?p=173"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:00:30","slug":"ailsa-cox-edits-a-personal-anthology-of-the-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/fin\/2025\/12\/02\/ailsa-cox-edits-a-personal-anthology-of-the-short-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Ailsa Cox edits a personal anthology of the Short Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ailsa Cox has edited a personal anthology of 12 of her favourite short stories, which can be found at this link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apersonalanthology.substack.com\/p\/a-personal-anthology-by-ailsa-cox?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;triedRedirect=true\">A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox &#8211; by Jonathan Gibbs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a lovely blog to subscribe to, with different guest editors choosing stories that have moved them, engaged and encouraged them, and it is a great starting point for anyone interested in the short story form to find some inspiration for their own writing journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I won&#8217;t include any spoilers here, but the range of Ailsa&#8217;s choices are great, from DH Lawrence through to Bruce Springsteen! Take a read and find out about some new short stories today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ailsa Cox has edited a personal anthology of 12 of her favourite short stories, which can be found at this link. 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