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

The finalists for June were:

The Last Gig by JD Lone Bear
There Be Monsters by Eva Lucien
Could You Please Direct Me to the Self-Help Section? by Ozzie Nogg
The Daily Check on His Enchanted Girlfriend by Mark Farley
The Leaking and the Legacy by Bob Thurber

The winner of the June 2016 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

There Be Monsters

The final sentence of this story is haunting and darkly beautiful. So much is suggested by these 50 words, written in between the lines. I love the world-building. Great work, Eva!