The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.
The finalists for July were:
Ten by L.S. Engler
The Retreat by Matthew Eichenlaub
Ham for Tobacco by Henry F. Tonn
Life on Earth by Sarah Krenicki
Backtrack by B.C. Nance
The winner of the July 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…
Backtrack
The unfolding-in-reverse delivery works exactly as intended, ramping to an agonizing anticlimax.
Great choice. Great story. Great stories all!
Well deserved. I thought mine was great but yours was better. :)