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on the Short Story Challenge 2008

HEAT 14   [ ALL  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14 ]

GENRE - Ghost Story

SUBJECT - A Treehouse

The awards are listed below!  Congratulations to all of the writers for rising to the challenge and good luck to the Finalists moving on to the 2nd Round of the competition!

 

	''The Notch in the Oak'' by John Dowgin - A young boy whose home life is terrorized by an abusive stepfather becomes aware of a spirit trying to communicate with him.    (Heat Winner Finalist)
	''Granting Sight'' by Kristina Jessica Doyle - When a blind man is bequeathed a home he arrives and meets his caretaker only to find that the house is his dark destiny.    (1st Runner-Up Finalist)
	''When the trees fall silent'' by Caroline Coxon - There were days when Róisín had wings on her feet, when her feet had minds of their own. One Midsummer’s Eve, deep into the forest they took her, and when the trees fell silent, the forest took Róisín…  (2nd Runner-Up )
	''Luring Maidens'' by Doc Little - A decrepet old man needing a favor elists the help of an affectionate young girl.  (3rd Runner-Up )
	''The Gift of Sight'' by Jessica DeVoe - Everyone has their own take on Angel’s predicament—her father calls it an overactive imagination, her mother calls it attention-seeking, the school district calls it a learning disability, and her art teacher calls it talent. Angel calls her predicament Mia, a spirit who haunts the parameters of Angel’s scope of vision and makes Angel see things that no one else can.  (4th Runner-Up )