2022 Best Short Stories: Riversong Contest

Enjoy these six winning short stories from the Riversong Short Story Contest, 2022. Unique, quirky, thought-provoking stories in various contemporary genres.

The contest and volume was run and edited by Neela Tudurي-Klepfisch, editor and writer at Sulis International Press. A panel of six publishers, editors, authors, and book reviewers reviewed more than 30 finalists to choose the six winners.

• "Redemption in the Thorny Thicket" by Sean Anderson.
• "6EQUJ4, Thank You Very Much!" by Robert McDermott**
• "Coping with Covid-19 lockdown in Pretoria" by Nape Motana
• "So Rude" by Markus McDowell
• "Prep Work" by Susanne Perry
• "Jesus and Mayo" by Jack Towe