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    Forced Reflection

    Forced Reflection

    OLIVIA KATRANDJIAN - Runner-up of the Summer 2022 ORB Short Fiction Prize, judged by A K Blakemore.
    A Little Language, under which is Love

    A Little Language, under which is Love

    KITTY BLAIN — Runner-up of the Autumn 2021 ORB Short Fiction Prize, judged by Bart van Es.
    The Summer of the Floating Fish

    The Summer of the Floating Fish

    CAITLIN WILSON - Winner of the Autumn 2021 ORB Short Fiction Prize, judged by Bart van Es.
    I Don’t Know How the Mirror Broke

    I Don’t Know How the Mirror Broke

    ION D. SÎRBU - a new translation of his short story 'I Don't Know How the Mirror Broke' by Andreea Iulia Scridon
    TICK TOCK

    TICK TOCK

    HELENA AEBERLI - Runner-Up of the Summer 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Larissa Pham.
    The Birthday Cake

    The Birthday Cake

    RUPA WOOD - Winner of the Summer 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Larissa Pham.
    On the Nature of Being Ella

    On the Nature of Being Ella

    EVA HIBBS – Second runner-up of the Spring 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Amit Chaudhuri.
    Feathers

    Feathers

    ANNA COOPER – Runner-up of the Spring 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Amit Chaudhuri.
    My Venus

    My Venus

    CHARLIE KITE – Winner of the Spring 2021 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Amit Chaudhuri.
    Christmas Cards from Marla

    Christmas Cards from Marla

    LAURA HANKINS – Runner-up of the Autumn 2020 ORB Fiction Competition, judged by Monica Ali.
    Three Lovely Boys

    Three Lovely Boys

    ROSE MORLEY - Winner of the Autumn 2020 ORB Fiction Competition, judged by Monica Ali.
    The Box on the Shelf

    The Box on the Shelf

    LUKE BATEMAN - Winner of the Summer 2020 ORB Short Fiction Competition, judged by Daisy Johnson.
    Rising

    Rising

    ROWAN WILSON - Winner of the Spring 2020 ORB Fiction Competition, judged by Will Eaves
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    ADAM 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 Haedeki

    In Haedeki

    SHANLEY MCCONNELL - ‘If everyone were this sad on the outside, the world would be silent and lonely.’
    The Nabob of Chipping Dean

    The Nabob of Chipping Dean

    WILLIAM HUTTON - As the world went awry around him, Roger Press, lay in bed, eyes blinking up toward the ceiling
    Things As They Are

    Things As They Are

    HUGHIE ROGERS-COLTMAN - Examining 2019's finest examples of the resurgent genre of nature-writing
    Thought Patterns

    Thought Patterns

    GEORGE RUSHTON - In Ted Chiang's latest short story collection, meaning emerges through patterns, structure, and movement,.
    Milk Tray

    Milk Tray

    MAYA LITTLE - The winner of this term’s fiction competition, judged by Julia Armfield
    The Violence of Woman

    The Violence of Woman

    BETHAN JAMES - Women behaving badly against the backdrop of the sea.
    A Journey Home

    A Journey Home

    YUQING WENG -The winning story of this term's ORB fiction competition, judged by Patrick McGuinness.
    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    Let 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

    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

    The Lure of Mimicry

    JAMES MCNAMEY -Carolinn Hughes' translates all the sensations of her verse into her autobiographical debut novel
    Not Them

    Not Them

    At 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....
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