Less Than Perfect by Prateek Nigam
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Archive: Fiction
Quite A Catch by Matsuda Aoko
A short story from Where The Wild Ladies Are – translated from Japanese by Polly Barton.
How to Marry an African President by Erica Sugo Anyadike
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Gathering by Susan Hunter Downer
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Writing Britain Now: Isabel Waidner
An extract from ‘We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff’, plus an interview with the author
Hard Borders by James Young
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Third Person Female by Alicia Mietus
Winner of the QMUL Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2019 for the Fiction category
She is Our Stupid by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s short story ‘She is Our Stupid’. ‘Ever heard of King Midas’s barber, who saw the king’s donkey ears and carried the secret until it became too much to bear? I could not hold it in any longer.’
Dead Tongues by Peter J Coles
Tabeko’s fans enjoy watching her eat online, so what will she do when her hunger goes missing?Shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 in ‘Fiction’.
