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

The finalists for June were:

Ice by Shawnta S. Barnes
Isn’t She Lovely? by Susan Lozano
Heirloom Gardening by Candace Kubinec
Table Manners by Christina Dalcher

The winner of the June 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Table Manners

Christina’s unique way of presenting the story does a great job of getting the reader into the main character’s perspective, subtly masking the story’s complexity.