Comma Singles books in order

Comma Singles is a series of 82 individual short stories published as standalone digital editions by Comma Press between 2011 and 2021, featuring a wide range of authors.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Fewer Things 2011 Jendella Benson Buy
2 The Cave 2011 Jendella Benson Buy
3 The Skirt 2012 Jendella Benson Buy
4 Hitting Trees with Sticks 2012 Jendella Benson Buy
5 Crosswords 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
6 A Wolf 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
7 The Truth 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
8 Sports Leader 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
9 Earthquakes 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
10 Tamagotchi 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
11 The Truck to Berlin 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
12 The Virgin and the Soldier 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
13 Red Enters the Eye 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
14 An Industrial Evolution 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
15 Mr Carlton 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
16 A Paris Story 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
17 The Bicycle Express 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
18 The Flight into Egypt 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
19 Abulafia 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
20 Everything Is Moving, Everything Is Joined 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
21 The Pitch 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
22 Morphogenesis 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
23 The Heart of Denis Noble 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
24 What Kind of Dog 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
25 Crystal Night 2013 Jendella Benson Buy
26 My Soul to Keep 2017 Jendella Benson Buy
27 Red Lights 2017 Jendella Benson Buy
28 Many Years Ago, I Was Standing In A Meydan 2017 Jendella Benson Buy
29 The War of All Against All 2017 Jendella Benson Buy
30 Easy on The Rose’s 2017 Jendella Benson Buy
31 The Pardon List 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
32 The Mastiff 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
33 Heavy Clay Soil: A story from the Midlands Rising 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
34 A Fiery Flag Unfurled in Coleman Street 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
35 Trying Lydia 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
36 Banner Bright 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
37 Kick-Start: A story on the National Blind March 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
38 For the Tape 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
39 There Are Five Ways Out Of This Room 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
40 Spun 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
41 Rivers of Blood 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
42 May Hobbs 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
43 The Stars are in the Sky 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
44 Exterior Paint 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
45 The Beckhams are in Betty’s 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
46 The Opposite of Drowning 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
47 Never Going Underground 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
48 Conrad Street 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
49 The Turd Tree 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
50 Expectant Management 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
51 Withen 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
52 Bed 45 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
53 The Poison Tree 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
54 The Abandoned Person’s Tale 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
55 The Gardens of Babylon 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
56 The Widening Gyre 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
57 Kindling 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
58 The Sea-God 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
59 Into Tiny Pieces 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
60 The Hare’s Declaration 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
61 The Birds of Kipsala Island 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
62 Bird of Paradise 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
63 The Slow Man 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
64 The Beginner’s Guide to Smuggling 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
65 Storyteller 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
66 Return Ticket 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
67 The Child in the Lock 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
68 Benzene Dreams 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
69 From Above 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
70 The Tank 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
71 The Biggest Bridge in the World 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
72 Inertia 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
73 Flypaper 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
74 The Dependant’s Tale 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
75 Testicular Cancer vs. the Behemoth 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
76 The Appellant’s Tale 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
77 Change for Low Rixham 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
78 The Lover’s Tale 2018 Jendella Benson Buy
79 The Sayer of the Sooth 2019 Jendella Benson Buy
80 The Longhand Option 2019 Jendella Benson Buy
81 Passing 2019 Jendella Benson Buy
82 Living in Hope 2021 Jendella Benson Buy

The Comma Singles are a series of 82 standalone short stories published individually by Comma Press, a Manchester-based independent publisher. Each entry is a single story by a different author, released as an affordable digital edition. The series ran from Fewer Things (2011) to Living in Hope (2021).

The stories cover a wide range of subjects and styles, from historical fiction and social realism to experimental and speculative work. Jendella Benson contributed Kindling (2018) to the series. Other entries include stories tied to specific themes, such as the Midlands Rising collection (2018) and stories about British social movements and historical events.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Comma Singles series?

There are 82 books in the Comma Singles series, published between 2011 and 2021.

What is the first book in the Comma Singles series?

The first book in the Comma Singles series is Fewer Things, published in 2011.

What are the Comma Singles?

Comma Singles are individual short stories published as standalone digital editions by Comma Press, a Manchester-based independent publisher. Each story is by a different author, and the series runs to 82 entries published between 2011 and 2021.

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