It's time for our summer short story special. So turn up the heat with the best fiction from four established writers, plus the winner of our short-story competition and four runners-up
Jennifer Egan To Do
1. Mow lawn 2. Get rid of that fucking hose 3. Wash windows ...
Tessa Hadley In The Cave
After the sex, he fell asleep. That wasn't what Linda had expected ...
Jon McGregor We Wave And Call
And sometimes it happens like this: a young man lying face down in the ocean, his limbs hanging loosely beneath him, a motorboat droning slowly across the bay ...
David Nicholls Every Good Boy
"It's a piano!" The black lacquered monster loomed in the doorway, my father and Uncle Tony grinning from behind its immense bulk ...
David Nicholls reads 'Every Good Boy'
Short story competition winner
Fan Flaherty Trade
The lorry was built for 16 horses. Eddy was told to get 18 on. Eighteen horses on a handmade wagon ...
Runners-up
George Craig Shuttered Windows
Winning second place in our competition is a story of broken families and friendships in war-torn Jersey
Maggie Robb Automatic Upgrade
Lessons in life on a flight from India to Britain
Teresa Stenson Things Which Are Not True
Coral will be a different woman while she's away
Ursula Wills-Jones Vusi Makusi
The bus is coming soon, but in the meantime ...
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jul/22/summer-short-story-special
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