Many thanks to all who sent us ECHO flashes to read for this quarter. And well done to the writers of the following stories that have gone through to our longlist! Reading remains anonymous so know letting anyone know which is yours!

Longlisted Stories

• A Man, A Woman and a Cherry Chocolate
• Aircooled VW Baja
• Blood Brothers
• Echoes of Home
• Echoes of Pink and White
• Embers
• Empty Talk
• Fragments of Mediterranean Life
• Girl on a Swing
• Grief like the apple tree grows crooked not straight
• If you scream long enough into the darkness
• Mynah Bird
• Penguin Man
• Pure Carat
• Same-same but different
• So you wrote a play about me
• The Last Birthday Party
• Two months later
• What’s Wrong With a Kebab, Anyway?

We’ll be back with the shortlist soon – good luck to all!