Pure Slush began publishing print anthologies in late 2011.
Listed below are all our Themed Anthologies.
All anthologies listed below are also available in paperback and various eBook formats.
For specific anthologies from the Lifespan series, click here (also find them below).
For specific anthologies from the Music Folio series, click here (also find them below).
For specific anthologies from the 7 Deadly Sins series, click here (also find them below).
For the anthologies from A Year in Stories, click here.
For Books by Single Authors, click here.
Themed Anthologies
Retirement Lifespan Vol. 10
published April 2024
128 writers find themselves retiring …
Loss Lifespan Vol. 9
published February / March 2024
237 writers ruminate on loss …
Boléro at Breakfast Music Folio 3
published February 2024
23 writers experience Boléro …
Achievement Lifespan Vol. 8
published July 2023
118 writers strive for …
Stella’s Secret Sonata Music Folio 2
published June 2023
38 writers find their own Stella …
Home Lifespan Vol. 7
published May 2023
162 writers find refuge …
A Cluster of Lights
published May 2023
53 writers celebrate the ten-year anniversary of 52 | 250 A Year in Flash
Snatches of an Aria Music Folio 1
published October / November 2022
53 writers hear voices …
Marriage Lifespan Vol. 6
published August 2022
187 writers get hitched!
Cow Pure Slush Vol. 23
published June 2022
71 writers get bovine …
Work Lifespan Vol. 5
published May 2022
110 writers write about the coalface …
Appointment at 10.30 Pure Slush Vol. 22
published February 2022
89 writers have appointments with destiny …
Love Lifespan Vol. 4
published October 2021
194 writers mull over love …
25 Miles From Here Pure Slush Vol. 21
published August / September 2021
95 writers take on wanting to be elsewhere …
Friendship Lifespan Vol. 3
published July 2021
115 writers take on the vagaries of friendship
Growing Up Lifespan Vol. 2
published April 2021
182 writers take on childhood and teenage years ..
Birth Lifespan Vol. 1
published January 2021
103 writers ruminate on new beginnings ..
100 Lives Pure Slush Vol. 20
published November 2020 – 10th anniversary edition
102 writers celebrate life in 100 pieces of poetry and prose …
Wrong Way Go Back Pure Slush Vol. 19
published October 2020
86 writers rue bad decisions …
The Tyranny of Bacon Pure Slush Vol. 18
published August 2020
90 writers celebrate the joys and sorrows of bacon …
The Beautifullest Pure Slush Vol. 17
published May 2020
89 writers take on beauty …
The Shitlist Pure Slush Vol. 16
published January 2020
36 writers dish the dirt …
Pride 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 7
published May 2019
72 writers feel pride …
Envy 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 6
published February 2019
103 writers get envious …
Wrath 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 5
published January 2019
70 writers get wrathful …
Sloth 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 4
published November 2018
67 writers get slothful …
Greed 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 3
published August 2018
74 writers getting greedy …
Gluttony 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 2
published June 2018
69 writers getting gluttonous …
Lust 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 1
published March 2018
70 writers getting lusty …
Happy² Pure Slush Vol. 15
originally published January / February 2018
73 writers riffing on the theme happy
Inane Pure Slush Vol. 14
originally published May 2017
57 writers riffing on the theme inane
Freak Pure Slush Vol. 13
originally published December 2016
55 writers getting their freak on …
Summer Pure Slush Vol. 12
originally published August 2016
ah! summer …
Tall…ish Pure Slush Vol. 11
originally published June 2016
tall stories
Five Pure Slush Vol. 10
originally published January 2016
celebrating five years of Pure Slush publishing
Feast! Pure Slush Vol. 9
originally published April 2015
a feast of stories about food around the world taking place in real time
Barcode Pure Slush Vol. 8
originally published August 2013
bar stories
Catherine refracted Pure Slush Vol. 7
originally published June 2013
previously untold stories from the life of Catherine the Great
Obit. Pure Slush Vol. 6
originally published March 2013
remembering Webster Murphy Allen (1925 – 2012) … from many different viewpoints
Versus. Pure Slush Vol. 5
originally published February 2013
5 poets tackle … 15 themes … 75 different opinions
Gorge: a novel in stories Pure Slush Vol. 4
originally published December 2012
a novel in stories, set during one day in a Maine restaurant
Real Pure Slush Vol. 3
originally published October 2012
non-fiction
Notausgang: emergency exit Pure Slush Vol. 2
originally published May 2012
writers on the theme emergency exit
Slut Pure Slush Vol. 1
originally published November 2011
writers on the theme slut … the perfect theme for Pure Slush’s first book!
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