How Much the Heart Can Hold

by Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo, D.W. Wilson, Donal Ryan

Genres: General Fiction; Anthologies; Literary Fiction

Synopsis

'No one has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.'
Zelda Fitzgerald

Love is not a singular concept.

In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, obsessive love:

La Douleur Exquise (the pain of unrequited love)
Before It Disappears by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Pragma (enduring love)
One More Thing Coming Undone by D.W. Wilson

Philautia (love for oneself)
White Wine by Nikesh Shukla

Mania (obsessive love)
Magdala, Who Slips Sometimes by Donal Ryan

Storge (familial love)
Codas by Carys Bray

Eros (erotic love)
The Love Story by Grace McCleen

Agape (love for humanity)
The Human World by Bernardine Evaristo

Seven authors; seven short stories; seven flashes of love.

The publication of How Much the Heart Can Hold is heralded by a Sceptre short story competition. The winning story, based on a concept of love, will be published in the paperback edition.