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Flash Fiction Winners 2018
Thank you to everyone who entered a story into our adults short story (100 words) competition. We were thrilled to have over 80 Flash Fiction entries to read and are pleased to publish these four prize winning stories as announced at the Book Festival this afternoon
FIRST PRIZE
Molly’s Dream Holiday by Christine Eddison
Christmas in Mombasa! Sweat gathers on my lip and prickles my armpits.Musky pawpaw and sweet jasmine scent the air, noisy with cicadas and hummingbirds.
Tomorrow I’ll ride the glass-bottomed boat to the reef and gaze covetously towards exotic Zanzibar. Back at harbour, I’ll admire the busy throngs of white-garbed women and listen to the mesmeric murmur of the muezzin.
The door slammed. ‘Morning, Molly. Myra here. Time to get you dressed.’ I startle as my bed hoist begins its creaking grind. I sense the wheelchair waiting to transport me towards another sightless helping of daytime television.
JOINT SECOND PRIZE
Yo-Yo by Adam Stewart
Adam was the greatest. What that man couldn’t do with a yo-yo wasn’t worth doing.
At the height of his powers he performed his own brand of yo-yo magic to sell out arenas all over Warwickshire. He was a God and his legend was told in school playgrounds from Stockton to Stratford.
As the fame and fortune rolled in, Adam could even afford to buy his dream car.
Then, all too quickly, it ended.
“That’s my car” he yelled.
He reached out, the door slammed. His index finger fell to the floor. It was all over for
Adam.
JOINT SECOND PRIZE
Supernova by Charles Adey
Fifteen thousand light years from Earth, a star collapsed. Gravity intensified, crushing the surface inwards towards a point of infinite density, bending light rays and muting all noise into absolute black nothingness. Unable to collapse further, time reversed itself, and everything the star ever was exploded into white and pink eternity, stretching for millions of miles in every direction. I watched the tiny speck of light from my bedroom window, a little brighter than the others. A breeze came through the house and behind me the door slammed, bringing me back to planet Earth.
THIRD PRIZE
The Eye Test by Mairead Rawal
Hannah sat and waited. It’s just an eye test, she reassured herself. The ophthalmologist
whipped into the room, the door slammed behind him, making her jump.
‘Good morning, Mrs Smith’, and they began.
It was proceeding smoothly until she was asked to read the letters chart. First line; easy.
Second line; trickier. The third line was indistinct – C, O, C and… was that a K? It couldn’t be! Hannah broke out in a cold sweat. He was waiting.
‘K.’
The K hung there. Nobody spoke. She couldn’t quite meet the ophthalmologist’s eye.
‘R, Mrs Smith, R.’
*NEW* Baby and Toddler Group
Following the closure of the Congregational Church Toddler Group at the centre for many years we are pleased to announce that we are opening our very own group in its place.
We are seeking more volunteers to join the rota – if you can help (especially if you wouldn’t have children to look after at the same time) we’d love to hear from you.
Flash Fiction Competition
Closing date is September 11th, 2018 at 12 noon. Winner and runner up entries will be announced at the Southam Book Festival on 30th September, 2018, in the Graham Adams Centre, and the winning entry will also be published in the Southam Advertiser later in the year!
Entries cost £2.00 each, or up to six entries for £8.00. The rules and details of how to pay are on the Southam Book Festival page.
Right, pens at the ready? Go!