The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.

The finalists for June were:

Head Case by Mark Farley
These Things Are Yours by Bob Thurber
Catching Up With a Friend by Connell Wayne Regner
Thunderclap by Sarah Scott

The winner of the June 2015 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Head Case

Mark constructed one of the most unique characters I’ve seen in a 50-word story–and I’m not talking about the corpse! Brilliantly imaginative and unexpected. Congratulations, Mark!