Welcome!

We are The Fiction Shelf – an entertainment site for readers and writers. All of the short stories and poems here are of excellent quality and are available to you as free eBooks. You can download our eBooks in a range of formats that can be enjoyed on eBook readers, including Amazon’s Kindle, at your computer or printed onto good old fashioned paper.

If you would like to read some of our fiction use the buttons at the top of page to browse our eBook library. If you’re a writer and want to have your work published on the site click here to learn how. If you have any ideas on how the site could be improved then please drop us an e‐mail.

Editors’ Pick – 16th February 2012 – past picks

Named by our latest competition winner as one of her favourites we throw the spotlight onto Rafael Torrubia's concise and metaphorical exploration of the often hidden self.

Read our editors review and join in the debate.

Competition

The Fiction Shelf wants you to write about one day.

Our new competition is opening and from the 20th of February we will be accepting stories or poems of 500 words or fewer on the theme of ‘One Day’.

Click here for details.

Be published for the world to see. Learn how to send your work to the editors here.