Coinciding with Swansea's cup win and a good victory for Wales in Italy, I landed on the shortlist of the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. Junot Diaz, Mark Haddon, Toby Litt, Ali Smith, Sarah Hall and myself. An extraordinary list to be on.

You can read the 6 shortlisted stories by downloading the kindle collection here, and vote for you favourite here.