The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month. The finalists for August were:

Through the Window by Alex Mascarenhas
Old Age by Catherine Mathews
There Goes Spot Again by Michael Coolen
First Impressions by Katya Duft
Burial At Sea by Jim Purdy

The winner of the August 2014 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Through the Window

Congratulations, Alex!