He stands petrified and nauseous in an arc of blistering light.

The cold clutch of fear steals his breath as beyond, in darkness, the watchers wait expectantly for him to deliver all he knows.

Jolted, he surrenders. Words pour forth, unstoppable.

Then silence, tension, and the crack of thunderous applause.

Viv is still in Somerset and in state of shock that her story got chosen last month. Flushed with success and a bottle of plonk, she has had another go.