Comma Singles books in order

Comma Singles is a series of 82 short stories published between 2011 and 2021, featuring works by multiple authors in a single-story format.

Reading order

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

The Comma Singles series consists of 82 individually published short stories released between 2011 and 2021. The series began with Fewer Things and The Cave in 2011, and expanded significantly in 2013 with stories like Crosswords, Earthquakes, and The Heart of Denis Noble. The bulk of the collection arrived in 2018 with dozens of titles.

The stories cover a broad range of subjects, from historical pieces like The Flight into Egypt and Crystal Night to contemporary stories like The Beckhams are in Betty’s and Testicular Cancer vs. the Behemoth. Later entries include The Sayer of the Sooth (2019) and Living in Hope (2021). The single-story format allows each piece to be read independently.

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 Comma Singles?

Comma Singles are individually published short stories released by Comma Press, a UK-based independent publisher. The 82 entries span from 2011 to 2021 and cover a wide range of subjects and styles.

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