July 26, 2006

Publisher's Desk For July 26th

~Yelling At A Black Bag?!~
The Summer 24-Hour Short Story Contest went off without a hitch last weekend! The topic was: The group of four tipsy teenagers were playing yet another loud game of Mixin' Fixion in the back of the commuter bus. After her contribution, the youngest girl turned her face toward the breeze coming through the window, enjoying the canopy of trees along the country road. Up ahead, she noticed a man flagging down the bus while slinging a large black bag over his shoulder. As he stepped onto the bus, he turned his head toward the bag, slapped it, and yelled, "...

(Psst... We made up "Mixin' Fixion." It wasn't easy concocting a fictitious game name that brings up zero results in google!)

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