Keeping The Edge: An anthology of new urban fiction

An exhilarating odyssey through CITY, Keeping The Edge grabs readers by their shirt fronts and leaves them breathless. In this assuredly curated anthology, rollick through gritty pubs or deserted parks and bear witness to heart-stopping cruelty, laugh out loud self-delusion, and triumphant metamorphosis.

Featuring authors as diverse as Scottish Book of the Year Fiction Prize winner Ewan Morrison to Hennessy Literary Awards 2014 finalist David Cameron, Keeping The Edge explores the humanity of life lived on the margins of society. In Londoner Syd Briscoe’s "Trigger Happy" a self-slashing American is vetted for inclusion in a sinister gun club, JP Fitch’s dystopian vision sees a gang take vengeance on the ‘Plodders’ in "Pyramid" while Glaswegian musician Kev Sherry’s narrator literally packs a punch to win back lost love in "Split Decision".

With empathy and courage, the stories in Keeping The Edge bear witness to the fragile grandeur of everyday life.