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One Perfect Sentence The Scintillating September Results!

Our Monthly Micro-Writing Contest

Hannah Faoileán

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Congratulations to everyone who entered! I loved all the monsters you created! :clapping-hands:

First Place:

‘Don’t worry, the only monsters are the ones in there,’ Mum said as she tapped my forehead, and that, it turned out, would be the problem.
- Lakeland Waffler

Ooh! I'd love to know what those monsters were and what havoc they wreaked on her life!

Second Place:

The people didn't know it, but they had not only created a monster, but elected him to office.
- James Charles

Oh, yes. Very true.

Third Place (3 way tie):

'How many people do I have to kill before I start to feel like a monster?'
- Stuart G

Gives me the shivers!

His surname was Chalk, and it suited him — not that he appeared weak or apt to crumble, but you wouldn’t want to have to bite him and feel his texture between your teeth.
- Squilliam

Very intriguing! I want to know more!

From the day he was born, I knew I had spawned a monster, but I cherished him every moment until they took him from me sixteen years later.
- Sedayne

Poignant! Gets me in the guts.

(Robinson Redmond, great entry, but you lost out on being another 3rd place due to a typo - yes, I'm being that strict)

@AgentPete has duly awarded your Litbits. :D
 
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Congratulations to everyone who entered! I loved all the monsters you created! :clapping-hands:

First Place:

‘Don’t worry, the only monsters are the ones in there,’ Mum said as she tapped my forehead, and that, it turned out, would be the problem.
- Lakeland Waffler

Ooh! I'd love to know what those monsters were and what havoc they wreaked on her life!

Second Place:

The people didn't know it, but they had not only created a monster, but elected him to office.
- James Charles

Oh, yes. Very true.

Third Place (3 way tie):

'How many people do I have to kill before I start to feel like a monster?'
- Stuart G

Gives me the shivers!

His surname was Chalk, and it suited him — not that he appeared weak or apt to crumble, but you wouldn’t want to have to bite him and feel his texture between your teeth.
- Squilliam

Very intriguing! I want to know more!

From the day he was born, I knew I had spawned a monster, but I cherished him every moment until they took him from me sixteen years later.
- Sedayne

Poignant! Gets me in the guts.

(Robinson Redmond, great entry, but you lost out on being another 3rd place due to a typo - yes, I'm being that strict)

@AgentPete has duly awarded your Litbits. :D
I still didn’t get mine for winning in August.
 
I still didn’t get mine for winning in August.
I got something, but I don't know if it was for August or September. Don't think I got both. I wasn't going to mention it (I'm not short of a Litbit or two), but I think you're right, August winnings haven't arrived.
 

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