Stranger than fiction
Six short stories by writers who have created fictionalised accounts of the year's strangest news stories
Stranger than fiction: writers reimagine the weirdest bits of 2014
Solange Knowles attacks Jay Z in a lift: a short story by Luisa Omielan
Kim Jong-un goes awol: a short story by Jesse Armstrong
Ed Miliband has a brief encounter on Hampstead Heath: a short story by Ian Martin
Pippa Middleton, roving sommelier for US television: a short story by Catherine Bennett
Silvio Berlusconi's community service in a home for Alzheimer's patients: a short story by Philip Hensher
Ukraine demands the return of its combat dolphins: a short story by Ned Beauman
In July, Ukraine demanded Russia return its combat dolphins, trained to detect underwater mines. They were being held near Sevastopol, watched by Russian guards. Novelist Ned Beauman imagines what might have happened
