The entries in the 2021 Doris Gooderson Short Story competition that have made it through to the shortlist are:
An Ordinary Birthday Party
Child’s Play
Fast Train Approaching
Freedom Comes in Many Guises
Her Things
In Which the Zebra Goes Visiting and Escapes from a Tight Place
It Takes All Sorts
Mac The Knife
Mr Beaman’s Bible: A True Story from Missouri
Reflections
Rose Quartz
Sea Change
Seizing the Initiative
Shakespeare and Shoes
Stone Angel
The Hide
The Honeymoon
The Reluctant Ghost
There’s Always Tomorrow
Watcher in the Dry
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