2022 Best Short Stories: Riversong Contest: Riversong Short Story Contest, #1

By Sean Anderson, Robert McDermott, Markus McDowell and 3 more

Enjoy these six winning short stories from the Riversong Short Story Contest, 2022. Unique, quirky, thought-provoking stories in various contemporary genres. 

The contest and volume was run and edited by Neela Tudurí-Kłepfisch, editor and writer at Sulis International Press. A panel of six publishers, editors, authors, and book reviewers reviewed more than 30 finalists to choose the six winners.

• "Redemption in the Thorny Thicket" by Sean Anderson. 
• "6EQUJ4, Thank You Very Much!" by Robert McDermott**
• "Coping with Covid-19 lockdown in Pretoria" by  Nape Motana
• "So Rude" by Markus McDowell
• "Prep Work" by Susanne Perry
• "Jesus and Mayo" by Jack Towe

• Language: English
• Publisher: Riversong Books
• Release date: Jan 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9781958139035

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