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

The finalists for May were:

Home Security by Mark Farley
To the Grave by Melanie Cranenburgh
Missing River by Eileen Brennan McIntyre
The Art of Disappearing by Patrick Mc Loughlin

The winner of the May 2018 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

The Art of Disappearing

Patrick used incredibly rich language to paint a picture of the character who has been cut off from the world. The subtlety is impressive, with so much story around the edges. Even the character’s name seems to have been intentionally chosen as part of the image created in the reader’s mind.