Last Hit of the Year?

eclectica magazine, an on-line literary website, have awarded a story of mine called 'chantin's place' second prize in a small competition.

the competition was a children in need fundraiser run by alex keegan and his writers' cooperative, bootcamp, of which i am a member.

all the people who entered wrote 'flashes' - pieces of fiction inspired by lists of prompts (words, phrases, lines of poetry etc) which were put up on the website every hour on the hour over two days around children in need time.

i was busy with work at the time, and only managed seven (i think) flashes.

some lunatics did almost every hour.

anyway, we all judged the stories, selecting the most promising, and these were then sent to eclectica's fiction editor.

i heard back a couple of days ago that my story came second.

it's a strange story. not my usual kind of thing (if i have a usual kind of thing, of couse...i don't seem to)

anyway, second prize comes with a cash prize (about £25 quid, i think) which covers my entry fee.

eclectica is a site with a good reputation, so it;s good to be up there - or at least it wil be when the issue comes on line.

when it does, i'll post the link on the right.