Submissions are now open for the 18th Stroud Short Stories event later this year.

The theme is 'Incendiary' and the team are looking for stories about fire, heat, passion, anger, burning, incineration, insurrection, revolution, large or small acts of rebellion, provocation, explosions, and inflaming the senses.

Entries close at the end of Sunday, March 31 ahead of the event itself on Sunday, May 19 at 8pm at the Cotswold Playhouse.

The 18th Stroud Short Stories event will take place on Sunday 19 May 2019 at 8pm at the Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL5 1LW.

Tickets are £8 and will be on sale on the Cotswold Playhouse website: cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk