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A Disparate Situation
By Johnathan Reid SECOND PLACE in December Competition The log cabin was too small for all the lives it held inside. Five saved souls, one rescuer. All female, half human. Only one had voiced their need for help. Only one could give it. “I’m here now,” their rescuer had said, voice as soft as her…
Scholarship girl, 1937
By Miriam Coley FIRST PLACE in December Competition Grandma calls it ‘The Parlour’. A mantlepiece holds photographs, a parade of absent males: a wedding picture of May’s parents, Carys and Arthur, her smiling father in Kitchener’s khaki, her mother touching her pearl necklace. Another shows baby May, a crocheted bundle in her grandmother’s arms,…
January 2026 Competition
Write a short story inspired by the image of the hollow tree. Deadline 16th December 2025 11:59 PM
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