AuthorStand — VERY Short Story Contest #1 — Winners!
$50 Editor's Choice Winner
Portraits Of A Young Artist In Istanbul (I&II)
by Gene J. Parola
Six hundred-forty-seven word short-short story about a young woman artist astride the cultural divide between her and her father, presented as two Points of View: I and II.
$50 First Prize Winner
Dr. Frosty
by John Laird
A mother mourns the loss of her only child. How does she pick up the frayed ends of her life and move forward?
Honorable Mentions
Waynesboro by Susan Quinn
Sagarmāthā by Leah Wilcox
The Death Mask by Amanda Grunder
Crusader by Jessica Stoops
Bonfire by Teia Powell
A Living by Laine Scheliga
The Trials And Tribulations Of An Outsider by Laetitia Chatelain
The Biggest Four-Letter Word by William Corpening
Sir Falen by James Conright
The Spleen Of Punishment by Guthrie Scrimgeour
Judging Period: Ends March 1st, 2012
Prizes: First Prize = $50, Editor's Choice = $50, Plus Honorable Mentions
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Final List of Entries for Very Short Story Contest #1
The Watchers
A Living
One More Minute
Before The Storm
The Affair
Double Yellow Line Tragedy
Butterflies Are Free
Steps To Heaven
Is The Whole World Like This?
Why?
The Lourde And His Lade
Day 3
Death For Dinner
Let it Rain: Bridgeton
The Mirror
One More Minute
Roast Duck Romance
One Fork, One Knife, And One Girl
The Lost Child
Where's The Flusher?
Chance Encounter
The Day Jesus Visited
The Pecan Island Cows And The Louisiana Alum Gators
Innocence
Kill Anybody
Sit-Ups for Writers
Stanford High (Lynn's Story Part 1)
The Birthday Pary
Crazy About You
Alleyways
An Old Friend
Orphans Story
Gypsy Recital
Bright Prize
Fear Itself
The Mall
The Raging Storm
Anthology of Faeries: The Farmer's Daughter
Sarah - The Unsuspected Killer
Endurance
Antiseptic Anarchism
Tears Of An Innocent Man
Indentured
Romance At Its Finest
You'll Only End Up Joining Them
Doing Time At The Hummingbird
The Bottom Of The Barrel
Grandma's Hands
Patricia's Play
When Will Our Calvary Arrive?
First Command
Life's Little Problems
Ananda
There and Back
Letters I Wish I Had Sent
Because He Asked Me To
Julia And The Squirrel
A Dream
The Short Story Of Isaiah
Changes Of Anger
The Unicorn Wars
A Day In The Hospital
If That's Chicken I Smell
King And The Golem
Country Roads
Six Months To Live
Lucky
Hunter
I Love Taylor
Number 11
To The Moon
Words Of Wisdom
The Principles of Being A prince
Halloween Night
Best Day Of My Life
The Drop
Impulse
The Chase
The Koi and the Sunfish
Raindrops
Dad's Dilemma
A Thespian's Paradigm
Tarnished Lady
Beauty
The Oil Lamp
Where I Stand
Sunrise
I Want To Be Pretty
Lost Love
Dealing With The Devil
When Garden Gnome Attack
Unlucky Day
The War of 2018
The Diviner Next Door
Super Mega Toilet
The Green Hat
Your Kind
Heather
The Old Man's Gift
My Story Of Success And Breakthrough
Trust, Struggle, Leap, or Fall?
Blackbirds And Kisses
Sisters
The Wonderful Red Dog
Mind Your Own Business
The Amazing Juggler
Breaking the Hold
'Till Death Do We Part
Judged
Boys Will Be Boys
Overcoming Fear
The Death Mask
The Door at the End of the Staircase
Just Say No
Waynesboro
A Matter Of Common Sense
What's Eating Bo Derek?
Confessions of a Serial Dater
Turning Point
Romulus and Remus
The Diary of Kish
No Pug Intended
The Ghost Pony
Millenium Agent
I'm Ready
Vala's Moonlit Sky
Massacre at Alpha Centauri
The Xaita Files: Origins (Excerpt)
A Hole in the Soul
Letters I Wish I Had Sent 2
A Mutt Named Billy
Five Loaves, Two Fish.
The Johnsons
My Worst Night
Unlucky Luck
Hatched
Don't Worry On Halloween
Wounded Flower
A Foreign Entity
Bigfoot Lives Here
I Grew Up In A Mansion
One Way Or Another
The champion
Dark Times In Horrosville
One Last Dance
Sagarmāthā
Making Wonder Memories
The Virility of Warheads
Cherry - My Star
Mine
My Life
Stinking Thinking
Invisible Truth
The Dung Beetles
Hunter
Lucy Vs. Homework
The Disappearance
The Follower
Memorial Day Weekend Bar
The Mysterious Island
Lessons From A Cockroach
Cold House
The Problem With Madness
A Dog's Promise
Perfect Aim
Amaranth
Rosie Pumpkin Head
Blood For The Mad
The Bigger Picture
Giraffe Man
The Unexpected
Danger Smells Fear
Attic Whispers
My Lost Summer
Darkness
Trapped
Loneliness
Redemption
Breathe
Trapped
Remembering The Voice Of Valentine's
The Truth About The Bible (2)
Life Of A Long Distance Trucker's Wife
The Leg
The Anti-Psychologist
I'll Be Waving As I Fly Away
Traveling Across Country - The Hard Way
Dead Again
A Little Tale
Remember The Little Things
Dreaming Of Sea Dogs
Darkness Has Undone Me
Angels Are Everywhere
I Sat There Frozen
WORDS OF ADVICE ON DATING
GOD IS LOVE
Last Time
A Perfect Death
Writing From Pain
I Like To Ride My Bicycle
The Man in the Mirror
The Spleen Of Punishment
My Alternate Reality
Walking Into Yesterday
The Adventures Of LeeAnn And The Fairies.
The Mysterious Ones
From Victim To Freedom!
The Heirloom
Christian Girl's Night Out Vs. The Non Christian Girl's Night Out
12 Days
The Gift
God's Awesome Universe
The Wake Up Call
A Necessary Sacrifice
Mr. Thapu And The Baby
Texas Heat
Understanding Ones Natural Essence
NIGHTFALL
The Odd Couple
A Lost Cause
A Fish Flavored Ice Cream Cone
At The Drop Of A Shoe
A Pinch Of Spice
Seeing is Believing
The Vandals
Don't Fear What You Don't Know
A Fleeing Princess
Life And Death
The Little Princess And The Funny Little Man
The Message
Bruno The Talking Dog
Clara Ferlara
Captain Louis
The Star
The Forager
Feline Crime
Hope
Forest
The Halberdier's Pike
Coffee Talk
How Tortoise Got His Shell
Swimming
The Candy Cane Forest
The Memory
Thanksgiving Day
Every Night
Free
Fly On The Wall
Happy Hour
Broken, But Mending
Starlit
Home For Christmas
My B.F.F (Best Fairy Friend)
Bonfire
What's Under My Bed
Chains And Trains
Freedom
Friday Night
Bad Memories To Good Memories
The Healthy Alternative
The Mystery Of The Blue Butterfly
Canadaville: The Beginning
3 Poems
Defensless
REFLECTION
Cindy and the Ice Cream Stop
Water
An Old Man's Tale
Birthday Boy
The Dog In A Tree
I Am a Soldier
No Poppy
The Crematory
Shakespeare's Big Secret
John's Stuff
Letter To Adam
Bee Warned
Black Cat
L.A. Breakdown
The Stand
Ray
The Reptile House
The Rich Man And The Poor Man
The Recliner
SEX or C'H'I'G'G'E'R'S
Mother Fox
Death In The Wilderness
The Phantom Miner
The Impaler
Its Dead Leave It Alone
The Blizzard
Quaint darkness
An unlikely Relationship
Death Not A Thief But My Constant Companion
Someone Else Is Cutting My Grass
The Last Note
Dream Escape
Dark Magic Burns
Near Death Experience - How It Started
I'm A Big Girl Now!
Candy Man
Condemned Dreams
Mathilda The Living Doll
If I Had Wings
How Much Importance Do You Give Your Thoughts?
A Greyhound Bus And Nowhere To Go
The Biggest Four-Letter Word
Glass Frogs
Traveling In A Volkswagon
Maine and the Moose
The Alien Within The Whitehouse
The Curse Of Anel
The Cat Scratch
Bobby The Great Green Dinosaur
April 7th Journal Entry
The Snake
Happily Never After
Prey
The Two Little Angels
Thoughts Of A Confederate
The Shadow Of Love
The Stork and Me
The Christmas That Almost Never Happened
Mysterious Happenings
Adieu
Lex Talionis - The Butcher of Proxima Prime
Love Keeps no Records of Wrong
Road of Which we Take
Poem- Losing
When We Step Out And We See The True Us
How Death Affected Fae
Lord Bless My Father
An Undying Wish
First Kill
When I First Understood The Meaning Of Love
Apologies
Sad Sunday
My Love Has The Best Of Me
A Creep at the Bus Stop
Night Paw
Stupid Humans
The Making Of A Gallactic Boofa Princess
A Special Gift
Hannah's Hope
Storm
The General of Monrovia and His Adventures
Niggas In College
The Mourning Routine
It
Classical And Neoclassical Theories Of Crime And Criminology
In The House
Ideas Will Never Cease
Borrowing From Friends
Age Isn't Everything
I Am
Dosages Measured in Drams
The Crash
Fight For Your Love
Open
Angels On High... Tribute To A Friend
Broken Wings
Smooth Talk With Jagged Edges
At The Heaven's Gate
Bemusement
Death
The Spot
Clayton Heartstone, P.I.
The Hitchhiker
Who's Happy Ending
Mind Of A Child
X-MAS 2011
Another Fish Story
A Christmas Butterfly
Road Signs To Where? Part III
The Tub
The Trials And Tribulations Of An Outsider
All The Other Kids
Holes
When I Close My Eyes
The sound of a guitar
Masks
A lonely Christmas
The Warning
Ms. Ducky
The Sun's Flower
Almost Home
Sacagawea
Ice Fishing In New England
The Milking Stool
Inner Goodness
The Philosopher
Chess
Mr. Steven's Secret
Letters To Santa
Crusader
The Life Of An Ordinary Tea Gnome
Prelude to Lock-Up
Angry Old Men
Goodbye Kid
Mailbox Number Six
Driving Through Denver
The Sidewalk Flowers
Village Dora
A Tale Of Many Mice And A Man
The Chronicles of Creu Montes: The Initiation of Creu Montes
Names
Home At Last
Dangling Conversation
Isabella
Caught
The Quick Overview
Trinity
Too Young To Die
The Duck
Fugue State
Basketball
Sacrifice
The Bright Side
Kidnapped!
People Of The Sunrise
Dreamer's Love
Perfect
Evelyn (the kiss)
The Web Of Words
My New House and How I Kept From Losing It
Aunt Millie's Husbands
The Demise Of The Picture Man
The Last Walden
A New Life
Today Was A Good Day
Zombie Survival
Unexpected
Ivory Dreams
Jerome And Buster
Connections
Imperfect
Dr. Frosty
Sir Falen
Let The Good Times Roll (part One)
Portraits Of A Young Artist In Istanbul (I&II)
Part I, Part II (Just Setting and Just Dialogue)
Alternatives To Internet Dating - Yes There Are
the Harp
Sin Will Get You
Unspoken
Jason And Mary
The Gift
The Lie
The Frog That Was Afraid To Jump
Hands
King Sentpoapel
Making Love To You
Without Words (A Short Story by P.F. Perez)
Under The Storm (3 Poems by P.F. Perez)
Dinner Hour
Adventures Of Sara And Tommy
Chisom Abundi
When You Least Expect It
Race To Breakneck
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
A Merry Christmas
At Arm's Length
The Bedroom Monster
Tara the Star-Child
Petrified
Dirty Laundry & Ice Cream
Juan's Dilemma
Patchworks For God
What Next?
Evan And Emma
Magical
One-Word Picture
War Games, The Battle Begins
Good Morning Cricket, Goodnight Me
Our Little Secret
I Get A Leg
Winds of Change
Road Trip
Broken Soul, Restored.
Johnny's Necklace
Best Friends Forever
Twelve
Red
A Simple Fairyale
The Ogre (or Something Worth Fighting For)
The Sky-Pirates
Peas in a Pod
The Kitsune and the Yurei
I died not too long ago.
Denver Bound
Paranormal Power Outages
Accept No Regret
Down
Amber
Ye be Pirate Queen Meanest Ever Seen
The Cat's Secret BIBLE
You Can Run
A Thief Called Smoke
A Dream Within A Dream
The Swimming Hole
It was a dark and stormy night
The House
Wintergreen
Osborn Street
The Excursion
Ingrown Hair
A Little Boy's Sincere Christmas Wish
Desperate Bewilderment
Charmer
My Heart
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