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

The finalists for August were:

Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse by Viv Burgess
What Carries Us Through by Jennifer L. Freed
Five minutes until ‘I do’ by Mark Farley
Alternative Fuel by V. Jane Schneeloch

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

Five minutes until ‘I do’

The central metaphor of this story is just so brilliant that it deserves this level of recognition.