Salt & Stone - 2nd edition

Salt & Stone - 2nd edition by various Cornish Writers A collection of emotive stories by Cornish Writers The submission window for this collection opened in October 2025 to Cornish Writers with a theme designed to evoke contrast: the shifting, fluid nature of life (salt), and the hard, un-moving truths we carry (stone). The brief asked for stories to be submitted that were rooted in the atmosphere of Cornwall and its emotional terrain. And Hermitage Press received an overwhelming response from a wide range of writers. All the stories went through multiple reads, and were narrowed down to a longlist, then a shortlist. Our final selections were then worked on by Freelance Editors Adriana Ciontea, Maella Cottin and Sam Stone, to sculpt the stories into a collection of emotive fiction that explored what it means to endure and transform. salt & stone was launched on the 16th of May at the Cornish Indie Book Festival, in Falmouth, and a group of our authors will be featured in a series of radio programmes with SOURCE FM, and will appear at the Penzance Lit Fest on July 8th. Pre-sales for the anthology are available NOW in our online bookshop if you want to be one of the first to get your hands on a copy which includes these incredible Cornish writers. Copies will be available through local bookshops throughout Cornwall and Devon following the launch. The stories and authors featured in this collection are: The Lamorna Glass - David Hughes Of What Remained - Paul Taylor-McCartney Salt in the Bread - Lamorna Ireland Wake - Helen Trevaskis The Shifting Bar - Chloe Statham Still Bird - Clare Howdle An Mordardh - Janet Phillips Peleryn - Sam Stone A Storm Between - Ross Dyter Saltwater Grounding - Jakki Magowan An Maw - Jasmine Oreffo The Shifting Bar - Chloe Statham The Girl and the Lighthouse Keeper - Emily Ould The Sea-Singer's Silence - David Hughes Paperback Language: English Pages 186 Pages Format:198 x 129mm ISBN 978-1-0676819-0-6 Published by Hermitage Press May 2026 *Free pick up from our Penryn bookstore. Local delivery available or shipping added at checkout cost dependent on location