39-strong longlist for the €35,000 Frank O'Connor international short story prize includes four New Zealand titles

From Ireland

Gilded Shadows Mary Rochford (Tia Publishing)
Storm over Belfast Mary O'Donnell (New Island)
Country of the Grand Gerard Donovan (Faber & Faber)
Taking Pictures Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
The Deportees Roddy Doyle (Jonathan Cape)

From Britain

Torc James Waddington (Ogo Press)
The Loudest Sound and Nothing Clare Wigfall (Faber)
29 Ways to Drown Niki Aguirre (Flipped Eye Publishing)
Little Marvel Wendy Perriam (Robert Hale Limited)
Aroma Bingo David Gaffney (Salt Publishing)
Some New Ambush Carys Davies (Salt Publishing)
Balancing on the Edge of the World Elizabeth Baines (Salt Publishing)
Broken Things Padrika Tarrant (Salt Publishing)
Searching Glance Linda Cracknell (Salt Publishing)
The I Love You Book William Guy (Salt Publishing)
Vanessa Gebbie Words From a Glass Bubble (Salt Publishing)
Body Parts: The Anatomy of Love Richard Bardsley (Salt Publishing)
Tiny Deaths Robert Shearman (Comma Press)
Instruction Manual for Swallowing Adam Marek (Comma Press)

From Australia

Her Father's Daughter John Clancy (University of Queensland Press)
A History of the Beanbag Susan Midalia (Uwa Press)
Camera Obscura Daughter Kathryn Lomer (University of Queensland Press)
The Boat Nam Le (Canongate)

From New Zealand

Transported, Tim Jones. (Random House New Zealand)
Etiquette for a Dinner Party, Sue Orr (Random House New Zealand)
The Girl Who Proposed, Elizabeth Smither, (Cape Catley)
Ask The Posts Of The House, Witi Ihimaera (Raupo)

From the US

Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf/Bloomsbury)
Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales Wanda Coleman (Black Sparrow Books)
Refresh, Refresh Benjamin Percy (Jonathan Cape)
Trespassing - Dirt Stories and Field Notes Janet Kauffman (Wayne State University Press)
Like You'd Understand, Anyway Jim Shepard (Knopf)
Signaling For Rescue Marianne Herrmann (New Rivers Press)
Desert Gothic Don Waters (University of Iowa Press)
Knockemstiff Donald Ray Pollock (Harvill Secker)

From Canada

Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction Alison MacLeod (Hamish Hamilton)
From Singapore Lions in Winter Wena Poon (MPH Group)

From Taiwan

Urn's Bottom Village Stories Egoyan Zheng (Qian-Ci Zheng) (Press Store Publishing)

From Nigeria
Dandaula and Other African Tales Tubal R Cain (Precious Styles)