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'''''Twelve Stories''''' was a [[2009 (releases)|2009]] short story anthology written by [[Paul Magrs]], and published by [[Salt Publishing]].
'''''Twelve Stories''''' was a [[2009 (releases)|2009]] short story anthology written by [[Paul Magrs]], and published by [[Salt Publishing]].


Seven out of the twelve short stories in the anthology are not [[DWU]]-related, so they are outside of the scope of this wiki. ''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]'' is an [[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]] story, and ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]'' was previously published in ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''.  
Seven out of the twelve short stories in the anthology are not [[DWU]]-related, so they are outside of the scope of this wiki. ''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]'' is story that features many DWU elements including, but not limited to [[Iris Wildthyme]] and the in-universe [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], and ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]'' was previously published in ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''.


The anthology also has an earlier, shorter version of ''Never the Bride'', which later got adapted into a novel as the first book in the [[Brenda and Effie (series)|''Brenda and Effie'' series]]. However, neither version of ''Never the Bride'' is covered by this wiki.
The anthology also has an earlier, shorter version of ''Never the Bride'', which later got adapted into a novel as the first book in ''[[The Brenda and Effie Mysteries (series)|The Brenda and Effie Mysteries]]''. However, neither version of ''Never the Bride'' is covered by this wiki.


''The Great Big Book Exchange'' also features elements from ''Exchange'', a novel published one month prior. [[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|''Enter Wildthyme'']] and [[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|''Wildthyme Beyond'']] would be written as sequels to these stories in [[2011 (releases)|2011]] and [[2012 (releases)|2012]] respectively, but ''Exchange'' and ''The Great Big Book Exchange'' are also not covered by this wiki.
''The Great Big Book Exchange'' was first published in the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] anthology, ''Magnetic North''. It was adapted into ''Exchange'', a novel published on the [[5 February (releases)|5 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. And then on the [[13 May (releases)|13 May]] 2007, the original short story was broadcast live on [[BBC Radio 4]]. ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'' and ''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]'' would be written as sequels to these stories (primarily ''Exchange'') in [[2011 (releases)|2011]] and [[2012 (releases)|2012]] respectively, but both ''Exchange'' and ''The Great Big Book Exchange'' are also not covered by this wiki.


''Collecting Ada Jones'' is about the titular Ada Jones, who previously appeared in ''Exchange'' and ''The Great Big Book Exchange'' as well.
''Collecting Ada Jones'' is about the titular Ada Jones' death, who was an author and the long lost childhood friend of [[Simon (Enter Wildthyme)|Simon]]'s grandmother Winnie; Ada appeared in ''Exchange'' and ''The Great Big Book Exchange'', but again, this story is also not covered by this wiki.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
This is Paul Magrs' first collection of short stories for twelve years. I've always written them, alongside my novels. These twelve pieces all began with a moment of observation – a face, an overheard exchange of a few words, an interesting dynamic between two people glimpsed in a café. The stories all began in one of the notebooks the author take everywhere and gradually – very slowly, in some cases – worked themselves up into full-length stories.
[[Paul Magrs]] was born in [[1969 (people)|1969]] in the North East of England. He was educated at Woodham Comprehensive, Newton Aycliffe and at Lancaster University where he studied English and Creative Writing. His first novel, ''Marked for Life'' was published in [[1996 (releases)|1996]] and his most recent, ''Hell's Belles'' (Headline, [[2009 (releases)|2009]]) is the next in the Brenda and Effie Gothic Mystery series. His first novel for younger readers was ''Strange Boy'' (Simon and Schuster, [[2002 (releases)|2002]]) and his first collection of short stories was ''Playing Out'' (Vintage, [[1997 (releases)|1997]]). His stories have appeared in ''New Writing'', the ''Sunday Express Magazine'', the ''TLS'', and broadcast on Radio 4.


Some of these are macabre fables, from when Paul Magrs was toying with Gothic motifs. Some are pure dirty realism, introducing us to the messy circumstances of someone's life. Some of these stories give us a tiny sliver of 'real time', but there's always that sense of a huge backstory alluded to.
He lectured in English and Creative Writing at UEA for seven years, moving to Manchester Metropolitan University to start teaching the Novel Writing MA in 2004. In 2008 he was a judge for the Portico Prize.


These are the stories that Margs has blazed away at and tinkered with and put away carefully, after their first publication, as they bided their time for collecting up. Some of these characters are the author's favourites: the Roman priest who takes his ex-lady friend on a trip round the Vatican supermarket; the squirrel gang of Levenshulme, lamenting the death of their most charismatic member; the boy who goes to visit a strangely-ailing talking dog on a market stall.
Twelve years after Paul Magrs' first collection, these twelve stories take their cues from glimpses of real life, but spin tales that are fabular, funny, moving and sometimes unsettling. All of these pieces are about rescuing characters, places, moments and ideas from the brink of being forgotten.
 
As with all of his writing, Margs is zig-zagging across different genres and conventions and forms – taking what he needs and what appeals to him, in order to bring to life these particular characters and their predicaments.


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
Title || Author
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Featuring || Author
|-
|-
|''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]''
|''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]''
|[[K9 (Kept Safe and Sound)|Robot dog]], ''[[Books of Mayhem]]''
| rowspan="12" |[[Paul Magrs]]
| rowspan="12" |[[Paul Magrs]]
|-
|-
|''Waiting On''
|''Waiting On''
|
|-
|-
|''The Foster Parents''
|''The Foster Parents''
|
|-
|-
|''Sunseeker''
|''Sunseeker''
|
|-
|-
|''Another Go''
|''Another Go''
|
|-
|-
|''[[Collecting Ada Jones (short story)|Collecting Ada Jones]]''
|''[[Collecting Ada Jones (short story)|Collecting Ada Jones]]''
| Ada Jones
|-
|-
|''The Longsight Branch''
|''The Longsight Branch''
|
|-
|-
|''The Girl from Victim Support''
|''The Girl from Victim Support''
|
|-
|-
|''[[The Great Big Book Exchange (short story)|The Great Big Book Exchange]]''
|''[[The Great Big Book Exchange (short story)|The Great Big Book Exchange]]''
| Winnie, granddad, [[Simon (Enter Wildthyme)|grandson]], [[Kelly (Enter Wildthyme)|Saturday girl]], [[Terrance (Enter Wildthyme)|bookshop owner]], <br>The [[Great Big Book Exchange]], [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], [[Big Nanna]]
|-
|-
|''The Eyes Have It''
|''The Eyes Have It''
|
|-
|-
|''[[Never the Bride (short story)|Never the Bride]]''
|''[[Never the Bride (short story)|Never the Bride]]''
| [[Brenda|Bessie]], [[Effie Jacobs|Effie]]
|-
|-
|''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]''
|''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]''
|[[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], {{Fonda}}
|}
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]'' was previously published in the [[Charity publication|charity anthology]], ''Walking in Eternity'', in a version which mentioned more DWU characters, whose names had to be altered or dropped in this version for copyright reasons; most notably, {{Delgado}} and "[[The Doctor|Dr. Who]]" (whose circumstances matched the [[Third Doctor]] but who was illustrated in ''Walking in Eternity'' as [[Peter Cushing]]'s [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|theatrical Doctor]]).
* ''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]'' was previously published in the [[Charity publication|charity anthology]], ''Walking in Eternity'', in a version which mentioned more DWU characters, whose names had to be altered or dropped in this version for copyright reasons; most notably, {{Delgado}} became a generic "[[Master]]", and "[[The Doctor|Dr. Who]]" became "[[Dr Oho]]" (who was a combination of Dr. Who's likeness, [[Peter Cushing]]'s backstory, and the [[Second Doctor]]'s celebrity status from the [[TV Comic]]s).
* The opening story, ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]'', was reprinted unaltered from the ''Doctor Who'' ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''.
* The opening story, ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]'', was reprinted unaltered from the ''Doctor Who'' ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]''.
* On the "Also by Paul Magrs" page towards to the front of the anthology, ''Exchange'' is misspelled as "''Eschange''".


== External links ==
== External links ==
*''[https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/twelve-stories-9781844717200 Twelve Stories ]''[https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/twelve-stories-9781844717200 on saltpublishing.com]
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Twelve Stories was a 2009 short story anthology written by Paul Magrs, and published by Salt Publishing.

Seven out of the twelve short stories in the anthology are not DWU-related, so they are outside of the scope of this wiki. In the Sixties is story that features many DWU elements including, but not limited to Iris Wildthyme and the in-universe Paul Magrs, and Kept Safe and Sound was previously published in Short Trips: Companions.

The anthology also has an earlier, shorter version of Never the Bride, which later got adapted into a novel as the first book in The Brenda and Effie Mysteries. However, neither version of Never the Bride is covered by this wiki.

The Great Big Book Exchange was first published in the 2005 anthology, Magnetic North. It was adapted into Exchange, a novel published on the 5 February 2007. And then on the 13 May 2007, the original short story was broadcast live on BBC Radio 4. Enter Wildthyme and Wildthyme Beyond! would be written as sequels to these stories (primarily Exchange) in 2011 and 2012 respectively, but both Exchange and The Great Big Book Exchange are also not covered by this wiki.

Collecting Ada Jones is about the titular Ada Jones' death, who was an author and the long lost childhood friend of Simon's grandmother Winnie; Ada appeared in Exchange and The Great Big Book Exchange, but again, this story is also not covered by this wiki.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Paul Magrs was born in 1969 in the North East of England. He was educated at Woodham Comprehensive, Newton Aycliffe and at Lancaster University where he studied English and Creative Writing. His first novel, Marked for Life was published in 1996 and his most recent, Hell's Belles (Headline, 2009) is the next in the Brenda and Effie Gothic Mystery series. His first novel for younger readers was Strange Boy (Simon and Schuster, 2002) and his first collection of short stories was Playing Out (Vintage, 1997). His stories have appeared in New Writing, the Sunday Express Magazine, the TLS, and broadcast on Radio 4.

He lectured in English and Creative Writing at UEA for seven years, moving to Manchester Metropolitan University to start teaching the Novel Writing MA in 2004. In 2008 he was a judge for the Portico Prize.

Twelve years after Paul Magrs' first collection, these twelve stories take their cues from glimpses of real life, but spin tales that are fabular, funny, moving and sometimes unsettling. All of these pieces are about rescuing characters, places, moments and ideas from the brink of being forgotten.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Featuring Author
Kept Safe and Sound Robot dog, Books of Mayhem Paul Magrs
Waiting On
The Foster Parents
Sunseeker
Another Go
Collecting Ada Jones Ada Jones
The Longsight Branch
The Girl from Victim Support
The Great Big Book Exchange Winnie, granddad, grandson, Saturday girl, bookshop owner,
The Great Big Book Exchange, Paul Magrs, Big Nanna
The Eyes Have It
Never the Bride Bessie, Effie
In the Sixties Paul Magrs, "Jane Fonda" Iris

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]