Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019 – Sabotage

Collection Short Stories

Flare and Falter by Michael Conley

February 12, 2020May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Michael Conley, Sam Edwards, Splice, This is Splice

-Reviewed by Sam Edwards- The best albums have recurring refrains and themes. In Abbey Road the refrain of “You Never

Collection Short Stories

Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine

September 2, 2019May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Edge Hill Short Story Prize Shortlist, Sam Edwards, Stinging Fly, Stinging Fly Press, Wendy Erskine

-Reviewed by Sam Edwards- With Sweet Home (Stinging Fly), longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Wendy Erskine

Collection Short Stories

Live Show, Drink Included by Vicky Grut

August 31, 2019April 16, 2020 Phil Olsen Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Edge Hill Short Story Prize Shortlist, Holland Park Press, Joshua Lambert, Vicky Grut

-Reviewed by Joshua Lambert- Live Show, Drink Included (Holland Park Press), is a collection of short stories from Vicky Grut,

Collection Short Stories

Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

August 30, 2019April 6, 2020 Phil Olsen Dipika Mummery, Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Leila Aboulela, SAQI, Sudan, Sudanese, Telegram, Telegram/SAQI

-Reviewed by Dipika Mummery- What is it really like to move across geographical and cultural borders in a way that

Collection Flash Short Stories

How The Light Gets In by Clare Fisher

August 29, 2019May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Cath Barton, Clare Fisher, Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, flash fiction, Influx, Influx Press, short stories

-Reviewed by Cath Barton- In physical terms light brings energy, and darkness is the absence of light. So it makes

Catholic Boy by Rosemary Jenkinson

August 28, 2019September 2, 2019 Phil Olsen Doire Press, Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, Jenny Booth, Rosemary Jenkinson

-Reviewed by Jenny Booth- Catholic Boy (Doire Press) is Rosemary Jenkinson’s third collection of short fiction, shortlisted for the 2019