"We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken." --Dostoyevsky

Write a poem about an individual, using an object to personify them. (i.e. an old grandfather clock, etc.)

Tell us a little-known fact about yourself, but dress it up in poetry, prose or just excellent writing. I want an insight into your soul!

Being writers, we are also readers. What book has changed your life more profoundly than any other, and why?

I have them, and I’m sure you have them... books (or short stories) begun, but never quite finished. Submit a beginning that draws us in, something we won’t want to put down. The winner will go to the beginning we most want to read the end to.