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Short Fiction Story(s)
Contest Winner Edition
JJ Strong - First Prize
“But with her, this maid of honor, like I say, it was real good. I can’t remember any of that timidity or awkwardness; it was like she and I had been there for years, and so that’s why it reminded me of Kimberly.”
Paul Sweeten - Second Prize
“I walked back along the corridor and there was nobody around. No sign of the Deputy. The door to the cell was still open and when I looked in, the guy was standing there holding the Bible in his hands. He had the book open where the pages were ripped out, and he looked up with an offbeat stare in his eyes. He had untucked his shirt.”
Heather Aquino - Honorable Mention
“The next night, I returned to the park, and I buried your wind-up car with the lightning bolt across the driver’s door. The night after that, a stuffed bear a teenage girl presented to you at a fair after she won the ring toss. And the following night, a blue rubber dinosaur that once accompanied you during baths.”