Hint Fiction

Saw this via JA Konrath's blog . . . Hint Fiction. Stories of 25 words or less. Here are last year's winners.

First place winner:
HOUSE HUNTING by Gary A. Braunbeck
The fence is tall. Good. The mother is typical white-trash, too loud. But the kids … they seem frightened and quiet. Good. Easier that way.

Second place winner:
DEPARTURE by Donora Hillard
The terminal is unkind. You watch me go through security. In six months, you’ll say “Tell me about the nightmare,” and I promise I will.

Third place winner:
PROGRESS by Joe Schreiber
After seventeen days she finally broke down and called him “daddy.”

Honorable Mentions:
PEANUT BUTTER by Camille Esses
He was allergic. She pretended not to know.

THE MALL by Robley Wilson
What he liked best about the affair was not the shopping, but parting the tissue wrap to remove the clothing that had first enticed her.

A SNAP DECISION by Jamie Felton
Her finger tapped against her teeth, “I don’t think it’s going to work.” He sank slowly underneath the surface. She could still see his eyelashes.

Submissions will open August 1 and close at midnight Eastern time August 31. Submit only to this address:
hint.fiction@gmail.com