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The Reader Berlin brings you ten award-winning contemporary short stories in this anthology of fresh and original writing. Compiled from the winners of 2014's Reader Berlin short story competition, these tales – selected by judges Laura Hassan (Guardian Faber), Brittani Sonnenberg (author of HOME LEAVE, Grand Central Publishing) and Florian Duijsens (Editor at SAND and Asymptote) – showcase the distinctive voices of ten emerging talents. United only by the city that inspired them, and ranging from the historical to the dystopian, the observational to the futuristic, they bear witness to one of the world's greatest most mutable cities: Berlin.
Authors:
Will Bentley
Emily Cataneo
James Carson
Jessie Keyt
Julia Lackermayer
Alice Miller
Lizzie Roberts
Abby Sinnott
Will Studdert
Simon Ward
Žanrid ja sildid
Broad shoulders, chests pushed out proudly. Black shiny boots and brass buttons on their coats. I paid close attention to them, as though they were guests my mother had called round for afternoon coffee. The quiet, younger one seemed uncomfortable. There was something familiar about him. I gazed at him intently, but it was more than a gaze, I was daring him to look me in the eyes. Though he was too much of a coward and stared at the other officer the entire time. He nodded his head dumbly as the
