Short List: Short Stories 2026

God Bothering by Dianne Bown-Wilson

Grit in the oyster by Bev Morris

How to Hunt a Wolf by Alyssa Mackay

Less Than a Thousand to One by Denarii Peters

Mambo Rose’s Miracle Restorative Lotion by Gayle Beveridge

My Name on a Stocking by Bethan Crymble

Not Enough Space by Joyanna Lovelock

Opposite Day by Alexandra O’Sullivan

Protest in the Kitchen by Jane Ricot

Stay On the Line by Timothy Collyer

The Accident by Jaime Gill

The Last Gift of Sennen Cove by David I. Hughes

The Quality of Mercy is Actually Really Fucking Strained by Shannon Savvas

The Season of the Wild Boar by Susan Martin

The Venusian Paradox by Tim Wardle