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The third in this year's BBC National Short Story Award. Read by Sian Thomas.

The third in this year’s BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University - two women take the night train to Kiev. Read by Sian Thomas

The third story on the shortlist for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University. Two strangers take the night train from Lvov to Kiev in Ukraine and strike up a conversation.

Now in its sixteenth year, the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. Following the announcement of the shortlist on Radio 4's Front Row, on Friday 10th September, the five stories in contention for the 2021 award will be broadcast each weekday afternoon on Radio 4 at half past three from Monday, 20th September. Each of the shortlisted writers will be interviewed the evening preceding the broadcast of their story on Front Row, and the winner will be announced live on the programme Tuesday 19th October. All the stories will be available on BBC Sounds after broadcast, and there will be a special edition of the Short Story podcast for each to download.

For links and the most up to date information go to bbc.co.uk/nssa.

Read by Sian Thomas

Abridged and produced by Julian Wilkinson.

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The five stories in contention for this year's BBC National Short Story Award.

The five stories in contention for this year's BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

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