Winners of the Childhood Fears Contest

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It gives me great pleasure to announce the winners of :iconmadhatterssociety: Childhood Fears Contest.

Literature Winners:

1st place winner:

Floods Ragedthe darkest hours
are not those
just before dawn,
but after, when
the sun confirms
this broken loop
as not a dream, but life
a life where i feared
your love, because
Abraham loved Issac
God loved Jesus
and deep in the
crimson fog, maybe
Cain loved Abel
a life where i feared
your hands, because
Old Testament floods
raged quietly
just below the surface
slowly drowning
your landscape empty
and when life
became mine
i left you alone
to feel your way
across the still regret
and aftermath
of that washed out valley
i feared forgiving you
because i feared
becoming you
and after your death
i fear the black hole
that you found when
the waters finally receded


2nd place winner:

The QuestShe hopped from one foot to the other, jogged on the spot and finished the routine by bouncing up and down. The Quest could be put off no longer. It was time to go and face the Machine-Beast.
This was not the monster’s true name, obviously. No-one knew that, though it did go by many titles:
Johns. Jakes.
Cyfleusterau.
Toilet.
“Mummy,” said the Quester. “I have to go.”
“Right,” said Mummy, trying to get poster paint out of the tablecloth.
“Would you..?” The Quester hesitated. “Would you come with me?”
Mummy looked up from her task and gazed at the Quester.
“Some things you just have to do on your own now,” she said.
Of course.
Of course.
The Quester began her ascent. The stairs were steep but they were no longer frightening. She had traversed this territory so many times. At the top, she stopped and stared down the path she was obliged to take. The monster’s lair was dark, the door slightly ajar. The Que



3rd place winner:




Visual Art Winners:

1st place winner:

Unzipped by robwahl


2nd place winner:

Night shadows and eyes. by jennystokes


3rd place winner:

Dark Corners of the Earth by GawrilaGhul


Congratulations to all of the winners!


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beeswingblue's avatar
Thanks so much, prettyflour . You're awfully kind.