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BBC National Short Story Award 2013

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By Lavinia Greenlaw. Haunting story about the chaos of a disintegrating relationship.

By Lavinia Greenlaw. Love and science collide in this haunting story about a disintegrating relationship, a civil war and the trajectory of meteorites. Read by Claire Skinner.

Claire Skinner reads the fifth story in contention for this prestigious award. Love and science collide in this haunting story about the chaos of a disintegrating relationship, a civil war and the trajectory of meteorites.

Written by Lavinia Greenlaw
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

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