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on the Short Story Challenge 2008

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

GENRE - Sci-Fi

SUBJECT - A Fishtank

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!

 

	''Afterlife'' by Barry Udoff - Groupers discuss life and death in Chinese Restaurant.  (Heat Winner Finalist)
	''The Untimely Life and Death of Harold the Goldfish'' by Megan Marquart - In a bleak future where drinking water has become a precious commodity, one man deprives himself for the sake of his pet fish.  Though most of his kind has perished, Harold has continued to thrive against all odds, secure in the cozy sanctuary of his fish tank.   (1st Runner-Up Finalist)
	''4th Trimester'' by Curt Rye - George Foreman Technologies has a proud tradition of providing goods and services to you, but this is the first time we give you both in one fine product!  To carry on these traditions of excellence that began over 100 years ago with our fine meat cooking grills we have assembled the best in all the requisite fields of  biotech, weaponry, aquarium-works and agriculture to bring you the most advanced GiantBaby® in the world.  (2nd Runner-Up )
	''At the End of the Universe'' by Ehren Koepf - As a lonely astronaut moves closer to the edge of the universe, he is haunted by memories of his daughter.  (3rd Runner-Up )
	''In the Tank'' by Kimberly Baxter - A research vessel and crew find themselves far from home in unfamiliar waters.  (4th Runner-Up )