Winners of "Wishing for Spring": 18-Word Hint Fiction Contest

This time there was no 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. It was impossible, as I liked all of these equally. This time I have chosen 5 winners. Congrats to all!


Son of a Polar Bear

As the ice melts, so does your heart, but it's too late. I have neither food nor love.-Bonnie Meekums

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The Forsythia Begins Again in the Blue Weather

Frilling the sill with yellow fringe, bells open, brushing aside the cold stark canvas between branch and bud. - Cheryl Snell

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Calculating the Angles

February sun shines straight in, warms her window seat, but can’t trick her into going outside just yet. - Louella Lester

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Seasons are broken. Until the frozen mechanism in Grandpa’s pocket watch is repaired, we are stuck in time.- Angela Fitzpatrick

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Springing her hopes on early flowers, she fell into the stinging nettles and spotted the tiny growth Iris.-April Krassner

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