Winners and Entries for the July 24 Twenty-four Short Story Contest
Wow. 19 entries this week. Nineteen! I do believe that is a record.
Which makes it very hard to pick a "winner." Many stories this week could easily be considered winners. But it is the way contests are set-up. There are just some solid stories this week. I hope you check them out.
So let's get to it.
Five Steem to cyemela for his entry about Mr. Dodd. i just loved the description of the quirky lonely man. It seemed very British to me and that caught my attention. Read all the way to the end for the "secret."
Three Steem to beekerst for The Blue Glass Monocle I loved the use of a monocle in this story. And I was reminded of the M. Night Shamlayan movies Unbreakable, Split, and the upcoming Glass, it is normal people with superhero powers. In this case, superhero objects.
One to Steem to jackofcrows for his story Who is M. Turchi? I loved this story of a man in an apartment building who is able to watch and keep track of everyone comings and goings very detailed.
I think all of these are new to the contest and new winners. So that's great!
Other entries:
As I said above, there are 19 entries this week and many solid entries. Here are the others.
oivas gives us Loser's Paradise a story about Jack and Sarah with it's police elements I was reminded of old pulp novels.
botefarm gives us his entry about Damian a 35 year old widower.
gabriellecd and her entry The Superhero:Visible Man The superhero's father is in the mob though.
cizzo gives a solid entry with The Old Man and Batman tells the sweet story of an old man a cat, and old lady and her cat.
yoganarchista her entry tells the story of a twenty-something who loves isolation and discovers an ancient book at the library that gives them a magic ritual that doesn't go as planned.
ediblecthulhu gives us a solid entry with The Walls and tells the story of Jerome who has been alone since his wife died 38 year earlier.
opiman entry is about Mr. Tomas who deals with mental illness.
rdsmas entry The Astounding Seer of Mill Creek and an interesting interacting with a chicken.
dirge entry Take These Eyes for I have Seen Dirge writes a lot of horror stories and this one has good ending. He always has good entries.
calluna entry The Gift That Kept Giving Calluna extends the story from someone who can not only see through walls but through human skin.
nobyeni entry You Do Know You Sound a Bit Mad Don't You tells the story of Ben who checks himself into the hospital because he thinks he is going crazy.
diebitch give us The Neighbor tells the story of the unnamed main character who listens to a very disturbed neighbor. Read to the end.
randomwanderings gives us Mr. Lonely tells the story of Mr. Lou Wynn. I was reminded of a Twilight Zone episode when reading this. On a sidenote, give randomwanderings some love as he recommend this contest to @curie for the 72 Steem!
seth2020 entry My Story tells the story of a German orphan with a strange ability.
yusaymon entry Normal Paper tells the story of a very depressed who lives in a concrete house on stilts.
seesladen gives a solid entry with Cardinal Sin and tells an engaging story about the struggles of being a priest.