Read an extract from Jenni Fagan’s short story ‘The Waken’, which has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2017. You can read extracts from all the other nominees on our blog.

Her Father’s corpse was staring out over North Atlantic swells. Nobody knew exactly what ...

Read an extract from Will Eaves’s short story ‘Murmur’, which has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2017. You can read extracts from all the other nominees on our blog.

Fear of homosexuals is never far from the surface. The few people who have supported me after ...

Read an extract from Helen Oyeyemi’s short story ‘if a book is locked there’s probably a good reason for that, don’t you think?’, which has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2017. You can read extracts from all the other nominees on our blog.

Every time ...