Best British Short Stories 2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

‘Energy Thieves: 5 Dialogues’, copyright © Richard Lawrence Bennett 2019, was first published in Ambit issue 235, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Beyond Criticism’, copyright © Luke Brown 2019, was first published in Mal issue 4, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘The Phone Call’, copyright © David Constantine 2019, was first published in The Dressing-Up Box and Other Stories (Comma Press), and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Maxine’, copyright © Tim Etchells 2019, was first published in Endland (And Other Stories), and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Halloween’, copyright © Nicola Freeman 2019, was first published in Halloween (Nightjar Press), and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘In the Mountains’, copyright © Amanthi Harris 2019, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 23 August 2019.

‘The Girl With the Horizontal Walk’, copyright © Andrew Hook 2019, was first published in The Girl With the Horizontal Walk (Salò Press), and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Belly’, copyright © Sonia Hope 2019, was first published online in Ellipsis Zine and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘She Said He Said’, copyright © Hanif Kureishi 2019, was first published in The New Yorker issue 22 July 2019, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Weaning’, copyright © Helen Mort 2019, was first published in The Book of Sheffield (Comma Press) edited by Catherine Taylor, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘The Further Dark’, copyright © Jeff Noon Bridget Penney 2019, was first published in The London Reader issue Autumn 2019, ‘Existential Dread in the Digital Void’, and is reprinted by permission of the authors.

‘Nudibranch’, copyright © Irenosen Okojie 2019, was first published in Nudibranch (Dialogue Books), and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Backbone’, copyright © KJ Orr 2019, was first published in Mslexia issue 81, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Whale Watching’, copyright © Diana Powell 2019, was first published online on the Chipping Norton Literary Festival website and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Greetings From the Fat Man in Postcards’, copyright © David Rose 2019, was first published online in Litro and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Safely Gathered In’, copyright © Sarah Schofield 2019, was first published in Wall: Nine Stories From Edge Hill Writers (Edge Hill University) edited by Ailsa Cox and Billy Cowan is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Dreams Are Contagious’, copyright © Adrian Slatcher 2019, was first published online in LitroUSA and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘The White Cat’, copyright © NJ Stallard 2019, was first published in The White Cat (The A leph), a nd i s reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Purity’, copyright © Robert Stone 2019, was first published online in The Write Launch and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Same Same But Different’, copyright © Stephen Thompson 2019, was first published in The Good Journal issue 3, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

‘Vashri’, copyright © Zakia Uddin 2019, was first published in The White Review issue 24, and is reprinted by permission of the author.