We got creative with our 36-themed writing contests at the Write to Publish conference May 22-23 and offered Flash Sledgehammer, a 36-word contest. Fifteen writers submitted flash stories, and we found them all inventive and fun. Truth be told, we deliberated for quite a while and finally came to the conclusion that this contest and its submissions warranted three winners. Each will receive a free copy of Ink-Filled Page Red Anthology and a 30 percent discount on entering the Sledgehammer 36-Hour Writing Contest in September. Congratulations!
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Date number three.
She looked up at me from flat on her back.
“Close your eyes,” I said. “Imagine hippos.”
A peach-scented breeze carried us from the banks of Savannah to the waters of the Nile.
© 2010 Vinnie Kinsella
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Off on the savanna, out there one lion among lions, chewing satisfactory fills of suffered tasty meat once more, contented, he sighed, rolled over, hands lifted–little paws holding pieces of–something, something like…Jeannie.
“Jeannie!”
© 2010 Paula Friedman
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The closeness of tanned skin holding the scent of coconut oil ignited our starving young passions. A balmy night and warm ocean breeze blessed the joining.
We smile when asked, “Why is her name Savannah?”
© 2010 Bob Ferguson
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