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

Creation by Pavarti K. Tyler
The Mapmaker’s Calligraphist Daughter by Bob Thurber
Snowbound by Ruby Ray
Footsteps by Barry O’Farrell
The First Time I Gazed Into My Wife’s Eyes by Bob Thurber

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

The Mapmaker’s Calligraphist Daughter

Congratulations, Bob!