Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award. In Synsepalum by Irenosen Okojie, a mysterious tailor makes fantastic frocks for his clients.
Five commissioned short stories by leading writers to celebrate this year's BBC National Short Story Award:
In Synsepalum by Irenosen Okojie, the tailor in a pop-up atelier makes eye-catching dresses for his adoring clients - 'the designs rose from dark undulating slipstreams as if in resurrection'. But there is a price to pay for this adulation..
Reader Nikki Amuka-Bird
Producer Duncan Minshull