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Short Story

Your weekly fix of brand new stories written specially by today’s best writers. Brought to you by �鶹�� Radio 4, home of the Modern Short Story.

Radio 4,10 episodes

Episodes

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NSSA 2024 - Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin
The fifth of the five shortlisted stories for the 2024 �鶹�� National Short Story Award
35 mins20 Sep 2024
NSSA 2024 - Nice Dog by Vee Walker
The fourth of the five shortlisted stories for the 2024 �鶹�� National Short Story Award
33 mins20 Sep 2024
NSSA 2024 - Pieces by Manish Chauhan
The third of the five shortlisted stories for the 2024 �鶹�� National Short Story Award
35 mins18 Sep 2024
NSSA 2024 - The Barber of Erice by Will Boast
The second of the five shortlisted stories for the 2024 �鶹�� National Short Story Award
34 mins17 Sep 2024
NSSA 2024 - Hamlet, a Love Story by Lucy Caldwell
The first of the five shortlisted stories the 2024 �鶹�� National Short Story Award
35 mins17 Sep 2024
2024 �鶹�� Young Writers' Award Showcase with Katie Thistleton
Listen to the five shortlisted stories for the 2024 �鶹�� Young Writers' Award
51 mins15 Sep 2024
An Affliction by Lottie Mills
A strange illness takes hold of those living at the Saint Francis Invalid Colony...
14 mins21 May 2024
When Love Sucks by Naomi Wood
Can an AI dating coach mend a woman's broken heart?
14 mins25 Apr 2024
Minor Disturbances by Cherise Saywell
A specially commissioned story from �鶹�� NSSA 2023 shortlistee, Cherise Saywell
14 mins08 Feb 2024
Hearing Aids by Roddy Doyle
A newly commissioned story from Booker winner Roddy Doyle
14 mins20 Oct 2023