Shortlisted stories

‘English at the End of Time’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Evening lingered among neem…

‘Ogbuefi’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   When Papa returns home in the evening, I am…

‘Genuine Human Hair’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   I introduce myself and tell her it’s…

‘Carved’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The moon is uncarved bone. Raw, untouched, smooth like…

‘Tetra Hydro Cannabinol’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   My mother, Puseletso, has always shown us…

‘Weeds’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Wee Boon Ho was no longer expecting any phone…

‘Mass Effect’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Eddie starts counting when he notices the familiar…

'A Breath, a Bunk, a Land, a Sky' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

'The Shedding' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Imran sat with as much of his body submerged…

'Finger, Spinster, Serial Killer' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

'In Another Country' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. When Father Marin says, 'The Mass is ended,…

‘The Teeth on the Bus Go Round and Round’ was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

'The Dawning' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

The Man of God

‘The Faraway Things’ was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

I was on the news again – the first time in more than a decade. My girlfriend and I were…