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Uncertain Stories Christmas Gift Guide
Welcome to the 2025 Uncertain Stories Christmas Gift Guide.
As we’ve only just published our first book, this year’s guide is slightly limited in scope, but we hope you’ll agree there’s something here for everybody.
For your Short-Story-Loving Partner
We recommend: BROKEN GROUND
What more could a short story lover want than a collection of great new stories? The range of fiction in Broken Ground means that they’re sure to find something to enjoy.
What’s more, as this is the first volume in a new series of anthologies, giving them a copy of Broken Ground means they also get to be in right at the start.
For your Short-Story-Hating Colleague
We recommend: BROKEN GROUND
Oh, dear. What can you do with somebody who hates short stories? To be fair, though, it’s not really their fault. There are a lot of misconceptions around short stories, and many people don’t realise just how great they can be. Fortunately, this means you have the perfect opportunity to give your colleague a double present: both a thing to unwrap, and the gift of enlightenment. Once they’ve finished reading Broken Ground, they’ll see what they’ve been missing, and they’ll always come back to you for reading tips.
(Unless they don’t like it, of course. But in that case, really, who cares what they think?)
For your Bibliophile Cousin
We recommend: BROKEN GROUND
Book are so much more than just words and pictures: they can be beautiful objects too. Broken Ground is printed in Wales on high quality, long-life Swedish-made paper. What’s more, it features a sewn binding, and we’ve left the cover unlaminated for an old-fashioned tactile papery “book” feeling. It’s a very different kind of thing from your standard High Street paperback.
For your Artist Neighbour
We recommend: BROKEN GROUND
Real, human-drawn artwork is a non-negotiable part of what we do here at Uncertain Stories: we’ve got no interest in AI. All of the artwork in Broken Ground is drawn by our own art director. What better way to show the artist in your life that you respect their vocation than a book from publishers who stand by those values?
For your Inner Writer
We recommend: BROKEN GROUND
The one thing writers need (other than money, food, shelter, time, love, writing tools, clothing, and the occasional walk outside) is access to a constant supply of high-quality reading material, be it new writing or classics. The range of short stories in Broken Ground provides a perfect way to explore the work of seven writers, all of them different, all of them exceptional. That should give your inner writer something to think about.
For your Secret Santa
We recommend: BROKEN GROUND
The average secret Santa budget in the UK is apparently between £10 and £20. Conveniently enough, at £14.99 Broken Ground sits right in the middle of that. And with its engaging stories, beautiful artwork, and high production values, we believe — as you’ve probably gathered by now — there’s truly something for everybody. Which makes it a relatively safe bet for your secret Santa.
Bonus Gift
If you need something a little extra to give away this Christmas, remember that every order from us here at Uncertain Stories also comes with a free Little Uncertainty. (Then again, as those are marked ‘free’ on the back, it’s probably best to keep that one for yourself…)
