Gild Your Shadows: Collected Short Stories – Signed Limited Edition Hardback

Gild Your Shadows is an electrifying collection of award-winning short stories that seamlessly blend the autobiographical with the surreal, the darkly thrilling with the deliciously sensual. Grounded in reality yet reaching into the furthest corners of the imagination, these fourteen stories—written between 2003 and 2013—delve into the emotional highs and lows of their characters, exposing their hidden depths and gilding their shadows with gold.

From the slow unraveling of a corporate store assistant in The Art of Becoming Invisible to a doctor mesmerized by the ghostly presence of Buddy Holly in Michael and the Hollies, these stories challenge perception and expectation. A police inspector races against the grip of a deadly sin in A City Called Sloth, while a teenage love affair defies cultural norms in the futuristic African city of Eger. Meanwhile, The Love Hit imagines a world where emotions—love included—are bottled and served at the bar.

Dark, daring, and unforgettable, Gild Your Shadows invites readers to step beyond the ordinary and into a world where reality and fantasy intertwine.

Includes Award-Winning Stories✔ The Bestseller – Winner of the SilverWood ‘Beat the Author’ Competition (2013)
✔ January 3rd – Winner of the MigMag.co.uk ‘New Year’ Competition (2012)

📖 Gild Your Shadows: The Collected Short Stories of Elizabeth AmisuA collection of dark, thrilling, and deliciously sensual tales, Gild Your Shadows takes you on a journey from the depths of human emotion to the farthest reaches of the imagination.

Written over a decade (2003–2013), these fourteen stories chart the emotional highs and lows of their characters, exploring themes of love, loss, mystery, and the surreal.

✨ What’s Inside?

🔹 The Art of Becoming Invisible – A corporate store assistant’s slow descent into breakdown.
🔹 Michael and the Hollies – A doctor haunted by the non-physical avatar of Buddy Holly at the operating table.
🔹 A City Called Sloth – A police inspector racing against time to solve a crime before a deadly sin claims him.
🔹 Eger – A futuristic African city where a teenage love affair defies culture and reputation.
🔹 The Love Hit – A world where emotions, including love, are bottled and served at the bar.

📜 FEATURING AWARD-WINNING STORIES

🏆 The Bestseller – Winner of the SilverWood “Beat the Author” Competition, 2013
🏆 January 3rd – Winner of the MigMag.co.uk “New Year” Competition, 2012