Barbara Nadel â Displaced and Incorruptible
Displaced Irving Levy is a man with few roots and, now that he is terminally ill, is anxious to find anyone to whom he can leave his considerable property. When he learns that there may be more to the disappearance of his younger sister, who disappea...
2021 winning story
Heartbridge Homicides - Camilla Macpherson âHavenât seen you before,â said Janet, as she approached the thin, nervy-looking man waiting at the red and white parking barrier. Beyond the barrier (so near, but yet so far) lay the studio where H...
2020 winning story
A Time to Confess - Della Millward âIn my experience, those who beg for mercy seldom deserve it.â Alex Masonâs clear voice carried across the dry air of the cavern and Peter was glad there werenât many people around to hear her. Sometim...
2020 highly commended story
Sting in the Tail - Laila Murphy Did you know that insects are among the most successful species on Earth? They outlived dinosaurs. Theyâll outlive us. My speciality is wasps. Vespology. Wasps get a bad deal. People are afraid of them but the...
2020 highly commended story
Voices - Lauren Everdell âSomeone do the handoff?â âJane Doe, Patient Foxtrot Alpha One One, found semi-conscious in an alley. Multiple stab wounds to the torso and apparent blunt force trauma to the back of the skull. Query traumatic brai...
2019 winning story
A Perfect Murderer - Ray Bazowski âThereâs something that needs to be said at the start.â This forbidding sentence was how Mother always began family meetings. Since flight was impractical and fight inconceivable, we all looked for ways to b...
2019 runner up
Decluttering - Rosie De Vekey The Greenville Herald 21st December 2018 âGhosting husbandsâ on the rise! Pressures of Trumpâs America blamed for men disappearing from families in record numbers. A beginning Itâs a war...
2019 shortlisted story
Trick of the Eye - Louise Harnby âMaybe they bricked it up and skimmed it but it was there.â Laura Hughes swears there was a door but Iâm looking at concrete. On the other side is a room that never sleeps. The call centre runs twenty-four...
2019 shortlisted story
Slipherâs Rail - Sherry Rankin One summer in Arkansas, I fell in love with my cousin. When I first told Marta, she said, âHow originalâ in that dry, measured tone of hers. âThatâs a disgusting stereotype with absolutely no basis in...
2018 winning story
The Value of Vermin Control - Russell Day I took my hat off and cleared my throat. The young man behind the armour glass and the steel bars didnât look up, even though I was his only customer. I wasnât especially surprised. In my experience, p...
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