Winners of the 15-Word David Lynch Story Contest

Midnight Pie

The dwarf served cherry pie at midnight, whispering, “Dreams taste sweeter when they’re broken.” -Diane Cockburn

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It was a nice day for a picnic. You brought pie, I brought a shovel. -Guy Cramer

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Life is the Perfect Drug

On evil highways, the dream of love awakens us, then puts us back to sleep. -Mileva Anastasiadou

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At Winkie’s

She saw him at Winkie's—pie, shadow, and dwarf—erasing her, piece by disappearing piece. -Tiffany Harris

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The Threat of Fatherhood

Her spread legs. What monsters will escape them in a rush of blood and tissue? -Angela Fantabula

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The Sequel

Waiting at heavenly gates, Laura Palmer waves. He enters, bows, and hands her a script. -Karen Walker

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Two Faces of a Log Lady

I arrive at the party plain Catherine, leave knowing I will be the Log Lady. -Terry Brennan