The introduction by Ashley Stokes is an edited version of a talk given at the London Short Story Festival. It charts the history of selection procedures from Unthology 1 (30 subs) to Unthology 9 (170+ subs). They decided against advertizing themes for issues beforehand.
- David Frankel - "Beneath the melting snow". About Edvard Munch (in an afterword the author writes "I have attempted to remain as true to the real events as possible"). 9 pages set in 1932, with backstory flashbacks, then 3 pages set in 1943, then a page set in 1944.
- Rodge Glass - "Bye bye Ben Ali". The father of the nation flees.
- Martin Monahan - "The toasted cheese sandwich of Babel". Fast-food meets The Standard Model.
- Judy Darley - "The Sculptor". An ice-sculptor whose father's mind is going meets a boy who's a glass-blower
- Dan Malakin - "I, Crasbo". A first-person robot butler.
- Damon King - "Cuts". A fight in a prison cell, coldly observed.
- Clare Fisher - "How to get back your guts". A 21 year-old girl who works at Tasty's Chicken hopes to find love.
- Amanda Mason - "The best part of the day". Meg, having taken a summer job at a seaside to get over a break-up, gets a bit strange over a young man without ever talking to him.
- André Van Loon - "The Little World". A young couple seem happy together just talking. Then through work she meets an entertaining author. He's insecure.
- Laura Darling - "10,000 Tiny Pieces". The heroine seems to get over an obsession with jigsaws
- Sarah Dobbs - "The imaginary wife". A seemingly happy relationship is unsettled by e-mail from one of their ex's.
- Armel Dagorn - "Nora and Anthony". Life in a theatre.
- Kit Caless - "Not drowning but saving". A support group for disaster workers who need to keep helping.
- FC Malby - "Lines in the sand". Around a fire in Africa, a tour-group start talking about God.
- Lara Williams - "As Understood by the women". On his wedding day a groom feels out of his depth.
- Victoria Briggs - "A beautiful noise" - Set in Nice during a festival.
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