**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE**

Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. A young girl accepts a lift in a car with a group of strangers. An old friend brings bad news to a dinner party.

In these gripping and unsettling stories, the ordinary is made extraordinary and the real things that happen to people turn out to be every bit as mysterious as their dreams.

Tessa Hadleyis the author of six highly praised novels,Accidents in the Home, which was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award,Everything Will Be All Right,The Master Bedroom,The LondonTrain,Clever GirlandThe Past, and two collections of stories,SunstrokeandMarried Love.The Pastwon the Hawthornden Prize for 2016. She lives in London and is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Her stories appear regularly in theNewYorkerand other magazines.