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Alice's Curiosity Shop
A contest with prompts
Rated:
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The Curiosity Shop

is now open.





As you open the door to the shop, a bell rings. There are shelves and tables filled with odds and ends. The shop has its own rules and seems to appear where it was not and in more than one place at a time. No one enters without a purpose. The objects are meant for a special someone.

Alice is the shop's keeper. Like her shop, her appearance seems to change but her cat is always near by.

Please consider, when writing your tale, to have the shop cat be more active in the story.

Please consider, making the setting, an important to your story. To have the setting give the story some of its character.





Items for sale:

A shamrock

A heart in a glass jar

A pop up book

A rocking chair

A broom

A teapot

A deerstalker cap

A bonsai tree

A compass

A stuffed elephant

A doll in a glass curio

A steamer trunk

A pillow

A small blue glass bottle

Wind chimes

A decorated ukrainian egg

A hookah

A sari

A bear skin rug

A gyro scope









Rules:


Stories must be science fiction, fantasy, horror or something in-between.

Any rating is fine.

No longer than 10,000 words. No shorter than 50 words.

It must be a short story or a poem.

You must use ONE of the items for sale. You may mention the other things listed.

Please put Alice, her shop and her cat in your story. They do not have to the center of your story.

Keep in mind the story can take in any time and any place.

Must be posted using
ID: 1569788   (Rated: E)
Steps to Bitem 
Steps to Bitem Format
by ~ Vikki ~ be back soon :)


No more than 2 tales per person or one story and a poem, or two poems.

Please have the stories and poems fresh for this round.

There must be 10 or more stories/poems, by 5 or more authors for full awards to be awarded.

Please put nothing that has been awarded before you entered the contest. If it happen after, fine.


Round closes on the last day of June, midnight WDC time




Awards:


First place may have one of the three: a ribbon and a merit badge or gps and a custom signature paid for.


Second place: 5000 gps

Third place: 2500 gps

Honorable mention: 1000 gps

You shall receive three or more reviews of items in your port.





Winners

First place:

ID: 1654929   (Rated: 13+)
Redemption 
Strange and mysterious things can happen while lost in vast deserts.
by Asherman


Second place:
ID: 1653015   (Rated: E)
You Own My Heart 
Contest Entry for Alice's Curiosity Shop - March
by Nani - Rusty at this


Third place:
ID: 1657635   (Rated: 13+)
The Heart of a Young Girl 
My entry to the Curiosity Shop Contest. Dedicated to Horror fans and English teachers.
by Weirdone-Back in the games


Honorable mention:

ID: 1657045   (Rated: E)
Butterflies and Goodbyes 
Contest Entry -- 745 words
by D. Thorsson




Each person who entered will receive a 1000 gps for their hard work.



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#54. Question
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>>>>>>ID #2070336 by AliceNgoreland on 04-06-10 @ 12:56 pm

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