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Congratulations goes out to Sandra Stoner-Mitchell. The Contest Committee is pleased to announce that An Incredible Discovery has won the contest This Sentence Starts The Story. In second place finished The Cave of Living Knowledge by Julie Helms. In third place finished The Pendle Witch by Terry Reilly and Our Path by F. William Lester

Congratulations also goes out to Pam Lonsdale. Soldiers is the new Story of the Month. In second place finished Skeletons with Skin by jessizero and The Cult of Paranoia by Patrick Bernardy. In third place finished Death Of An Insignificant by jim vecchio.
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