The BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 2023

A teenager discovers her father only brought her from Pakistan to England because he was being haunted by the spirit of her late mother... A divorcee blunders into his ex-wife’ s garden with one goal in mind: to beat his personal best for holding his breath underwater in her pool... A waitress finds herself serving an old school friend who once had a great impact on her but now doesn’ t recognise her... The stories shortlisted for the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award reveal characters un...