Now these are what I call short stories.
The folks over at Copyblogger just announced the winners of their Twitter writing contest – entries were required to be fewer than 140 words.
First Place:
“Time travel works!” the note read. “However you can only travel to the past and one-way.” I recognized my own handwriting and felt a chill.
Ron Gould
Second Place:
Tony was a snitch, so I wasn’t surprised when his torso turned up in the river. What did surprise me, though, was where they found his head.
Anthony Juliano
Third Place
When Gibson hit that homerun in the fall of eighty-eight, my old man had never been so happy. He hugged me for the first time. I was eleven.
Thelonius Monk.
First Honorable Mention:
Happily sobbing she held the boy, her memory of his violent conception falling away. She had learned to love him, this would be her revenge.
Melissa Pierce
Second Honorable Mention:
The priest at the funeral home asked if she had been a loving mother. The children all stared at each other. The silence spoke volumes.
Derek
