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Back up to: BBC National Short Story Award

  1. Kilifi Creek

    5/5By Lionel Shriver. A naive young woman makes her first trip and finds herself in peril.

  2. Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets

    4/5Zadie Smith's story about a fading American cabaret artiste. Read by Noma Dumezweni.

  3. The Taxidermist's Daughter

    3/5In Francesca Rhydderch's story, set in WWI, Daisy comes of age. Carys Eleri reads.

  4. The American Lover

    2/5Rebecca Hall reads Rose Tremain's shortlisted story about a transgressive love affair.

  5. Bad Dreams

    1/5Carey Mulligan reads Tessa Hadley's shortlisted story about exposing unspoken tensions.