Not the End of the Worldis Kate Atkinson's first collection of short stories. Playful and profound, they explore the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality.

From Charlene and Trudi, obsessively making lists while bombs explode softly in the streets outside, to gormless Eddie, maniacal cataloguer of fish, and Meredith Zane who may just have discovered the secret to eternal life, each of these stories shows that when the worlds of material existence and imagination collide, anything is possible.

Kate Atkinsonwon the Costa (formerly the Whitbread) Book of the Year prize with her first novel,Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her bestselling novels include the four featuring former detective Jackson Brodie which became the BBC television seriesCase Histories, starring Jason Isaacs. Her 2013 novelLife After Lifespent a record number of weeks on top of the bestsellers lists on both sides of the Atlantic, and won the South Bank Sky Arts Literature Prize and the Costa Novel Award, a prize Kate Atkinson won again in 2015 forA God in Ruins. Her new novelTranscriptioncomes out in September 2018.

A stunning collection of literary and ultra readable short stories by Whitbread winner Kate Atkinson.