The team behind The Global Short Story Competition has judged its recent free flash fiction competition. The challenge to writers for this one was to produce a story with a beginning, middle and end in no more than 100 words. The £50 prize has gone to Weedy Gonzalez for:
It was a dark and story might
Him.
Her.
Toothpaste cap left off.
Arguments.
Counter-arguments.
Recriminations.
Counter-recriminations.
Frosty words.
Icier silences.
Separation.
Lawyers
Divorce.
Coldplay CD: He wanted.
Madonna CD: She wanted.
Queen CD, Greatest Hits, slightly scratched: Neither wanted.
Fido the dog: Both wanted. What to do, what to do?
And they all lived unhappily ever after.
Even Fido.
(His bone had ended up in the bin along with the Queen CD, Greatest Hits, slightly scratched.)
Special mention to Yet Another by Jasdeep Kaur and The Perfection of Imperfection by Asharika Jaward
You can enter the latest flash fiction comp at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inscribemedia/183385438479538
John Dean
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