The story of the week for October 18 to 22 is…

The Two-Story House by Linda McCauley Freeman

The story of the week for October 11 to 15 is…

Legacy by Janet Feldman

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

The finalists for September were:

The Return by Bob Thurber
Scent of Tears by Katherine Darlington
Fuzzy Blue Socks by Madelyn Markman
Moment by Fiona Kamal

The winner of the September 2021 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Moment

I’m a big fan of this story’s juxtaposition of a touchingly cute moment against the sense of real beauty and loss.

The story of the week for October 4 to 8 is…

Rain by Katherine Darlington

The story of the week for September 27 to October 1 is…

The Man at the Door by Cathrine Goldstein

The story of the week for September 20 to 24 is…

Moment by Fiona Kamal

The story of the week for September 13 to 17 is…

Fuzzy Blue Socks by Madelyn Markman

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

The finalists for August were:

They all Take her Photo in the Lounge by Marie Little
Storm’s Wake by Katherine Gleason
August and All That by Carolyn R. Russell
Mummy, Daddy, and Samantha by Laura Dobson
Gloom by Kati Bumbera
OBstacles by Joshua Addison

The winner of the August 2021 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

They all Take her Photo in the Lounge

We don’t know the circumstances of this character’s reminiscence, or how many decades are “floating away,” but I think many of us can insert ourselves into this moment to some extent and feel the joy of memory and wistfulness of looking back.

The story of the week for September 6 to 10 is…

Scent of Tears by Katherine Darlington

The story of the week for August 30 to September 3 is…

The Return by Bob Thurber