Forced ReflectionOLIVIA KATRANDJIAN - Runner-up of the Summer 2022 ORB Short Fiction Prize, judged by A K Blakemore.
A Little Language, under which is LoveKITTY BLAIN — Runner-up of the Autumn 2021 ORB Short Fiction Prize, judged by Bart van Es.
The Summer of the Floating FishCAITLIN WILSON - Winner of the Autumn 2021 ORB Short Fiction Prize, judged by Bart van Es.
I Don’t Know How the Mirror BrokeION D. SÎRBU - a new translation of his short story 'I Don't Know How the Mirror Broke' by Andreea Iulia Scridon
TICK TOCKHELENA AEBERLI - Runner-Up of the Summer 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Larissa Pham.
The Birthday Cake RUPA WOOD - Winner of the Summer 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Larissa Pham.
On the Nature of Being EllaEVA HIBBS – Second runner-up of the Spring 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Amit Chaudhuri.
FeathersANNA COOPER – Runner-up of the Spring 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Amit Chaudhuri.
My VenusCHARLIE KITE – Winner of the Spring 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Amit Chaudhuri.
Christmas Cards from MarlaLAURA HANKINS – Runner-up of the Autumn 2020 ORB Fiction Competition, judged by Monica Ali.
Three Lovely BoysROSE MORLEY - Winner of the Autumn 2020 ORB Fiction Competition, judged by Monica Ali.
The Box on the ShelfLUKE BATEMAN - Winner of the Summer 2020 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Daisy Johnson.
1ADAM HUSAIN - 'Amid the mud of the shore, which is rich and deep, we (once) saw a half-submerged thing. It was mud-covered too, bluish-gray'
In HaedekiSHANLEY MCCONNELL - ‘If everyone were this sad on the outside, the world would be silent and lonely.’
The Nabob of Chipping DeanWILLIAM HUTTON - As the world went awry around him, Roger Press, lay in bed, eyes blinking up toward the ceiling
Things As They Are HUGHIE ROGERS-COLTMAN - Examining 2019's finest examples of the resurgent genre of nature-writing
Thought Patterns GEORGE RUSHTON - In Ted Chiang's latest short story collection, meaning emerges through patterns, structure, and movement,.
A Journey HomeYUQING WENG -The winning story of this term's ORB fiction competition, judged by Patrick McGuinness.
The FuneralLet me tell you about the whole affair. I remember it well: it was the early summer of thirty-nine, when Tunis started to become...
Leftovers Brennig Davies’ ‘Leftovers’ is the winning entry of the HT19 ORB fiction competition, adjudicated by award-winning author and journalist...
The Lure of Mimicry JAMES MCNAMEY -Carolinn Hughes' translates all the sensations of her verse into her autobiographical debut novel
Not ThemAt one or two or three in the morning all you see are the faces. They stare from walls and windows, trees, street lamps, subway signs....