English
USA 9
Aimee LaBrie
Look at the Sky and Tell Me What You See
contemplative - death - witty

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USA 2
Jessica Hollander
The Problem with Moving
alienation - American culture - relationships - urban

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UK 13
Chris Cleave
The Lorry Driver’s Tale as told to Chris Cleave
Great Britain - refugees - witty

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USA 9
Karen Brennan
Headless
American culture - female authors - funny - speculative - surreal

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USA 20
David Jauss
Torque
family - irony - marriage

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Israel 25
Shay Aspril
Your Honor
family - loneliness - mother and son - tragedy

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USA 15
Sharma Shields
The McGugle Account
alienation - American culture - funny - office life - relationships

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Denmark 25
Vilhelm Bergsøe
The Amputated Arms
dark - death - Gothic - horror - witty

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USA 8
Sherrie Flick
Heidi is Dead
American culture - animals - Christmas - family - funny

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UK 17
Mary Webb
Mr. Tallent’s Ghost
classics - funny - ghosts - plot twist - witty

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Israel 33
coming of age - funny - history - post Soviet Russia

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China 15
Shi Zhecun
At the Paris Cinema
love - psychological - realism - relationships

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