We have had such fun reading these Uncanny stories! Many weird, tense, and creepy hours have been spent getting our 120 entries down to this longlist of 27 stories.
Many thanks to everyone who entered and well done to the writers of the stories below. As always, no telling which is yours!
Longlist
- Along for Another Night Flight
- Balm of Hurt Minds
- Cracks in the Pavement
- Cravings
- Drawn by the Muralist
- Edging
- How I Learnt to Cook
- How to Become a Wallflower
- Lilith Comes to Me After I Pray for Wholeness
- Morag, in her garden
- Mr Piège’s Doll Emporium
- My lopsided stepson
- Nesting
- Our Mary
- Push/Pull
- Reflections
- Sister of the Jilted Bride
- The Brians
- The Carnival of Charms and Heidi’s House of Mirrors
- The Cloakroom
- The Nail Technician
- The Outsiders
- The Search for Oretha Wells
- The Six
- Totally Fit
- Unholy Liberties
- Vanishing Twin
Good luck everyone! We’ll have the shortlist in August!