Contest Winners
1ST: “Match Game” by Bob Thurber
2ND: “Cure” by Margarita Meklina
3RD: “Museum of Numbers” by Matt Leibel
HONORABLE MENTION:
“Athena” by Sally Basmajian
“Seven Lies” by David Galef
“Nostalgia for the Beast” by Gretchen Heffernan
“Plague” by Mike Itaya
“Cajun Justice” by cj petterson aka Marilyn Johnston
1st Place
To Hear
by Kate Mildew
1.
“You will say END” “N”
“You will say BOAST” “Boats”
“You will say EAST” “Eat”
“You will say HOTDOG” “Hotdog”
“You will say GLISTEN” “Listen”
“You will say SHIVERS” (shrugs)
The ear that hears. The ear that soaks. The ear a funnel. The ear a sieve. The ear that is pressed up against a glass that is pressed up against a door. The ear plugged.
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