I didn't get to read many of the comp stories but have added these to my reading queue! Congrats to the winners and the honorable mentions!
Well done, oceanrunner. It was such an original idea. Now you need to find a fetish of your own.
Damn! I have to raise my game, clearly!
In all seriousness, some great entries and deserving prize winners.
Thanks to everyone who voted and commented and expressed their appreciation.
An honourable mention of my own to timojen for "Finding Rachel's Switch". Wish I'd written it myself.
Congratulations to all the winners! I've gotten so far behind in my reading, this list seems like a good place to start.
“It's nice sometimes to open up the heart a little and let some hurt come in. It proves you're still alive.”
Congratulations to prize winners Oceanrunner, VirgoGo and Saucymh and congrats to all who got a mentions as well.
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
Congratulations to all who entered and of course the winners. Due to time pressures, I only managed to read three stories from the competition this time around... and all three came in the top slots. Cue twilight zone music...
I do intend to read more of the entries. Thank you for writing them so I can stay warm as winter sets in.
Please browse my digital bookshelf. In this collection, you can find 112 full stories, 10 micro-stories, and 2 poems with the following features:
* 29 Editor's Picks, 74 Recommended Reads.
* 15 competition podium places, 10 other times in the top ten.
* 21 collaborations.
* A whole heap of often filthy, tense, hot sex.
Grats to oceanrunner, VirgoGo, and Saucymh - your stories were tops. Each of the participants must hold your heads up, as each story was well written and quite involving. Such a shame there has to be only three winners. Damn, not sure how we're going to top that category, though.
"I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free." Nikos Kazantzakis