Sunday Times short story prize goes to Nirvana by Adam Johnson

Focusing on a man's fears for his sick wife, 'mind-expanding' SF tale includes a ghostly appearance by Kurt Cobain

Twenty years after Kurt Cobain killed himself in Seattle, a short story called Nirvana featuring a ghostly performance from the singer of a line from the despairing refrain of his 1991 hit Smells Like Teen Spirit has won the Sunday Times short story competition.

The winning author Adam Johnson adds the world's richest prize for a single short story to the Pulitzer prize he won in 2013 for his novel, The Orphan Master's Son.

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