The Big Issue

Fiction Special: Toasty Tales

Edition 359

Here it is: our annual, much-anticipated, short story edition – bigger and better than ever. And what stories they are: an infamous old explorer takes history to task; a young man endures a harsh legacy; four Beijing sophisticates get some unexpected home help; a lone traveller finds a moment of connection in the company of strangers… These are a few of the tales you’ll find in The Big Issue’s sixth short story edition, from a mix of emerging and established writers, accompanied by images from an impressive range of artists. There’s so much great content – including some of the popular regular features – that we had to stretch this issue an extra eight pages.

Also in this issue:

Our vendor profile this issue sees the return of Raph from Brisbane, who featured in the same section back in Ed#190. There’s a bumper edition of Streetsheet, twice as long as usual, with contributions from Chris from Woden, ACT,  Peter G from Melbourne, Kelly from Melbourne, Jenny from Melbourne, Bryan from Canberra, and David from Norwood, Stirling and Blackwood, SA.