Esther Chilton

Book News – A Competition For You To Enter

My first collection of short stories, The Siege, came out ten years ago. The cover, as you can see, is very different to my new collection of short stories, The Storm, and A Walk in the Woods. It’s also not in the name of Chilton, so I thought it was about time I released a new version of the book, together with a new cover in line with the other two and with the same author name.

I still have a couple of copies of the original book so, to celebrate the launch of The Storm, I’m giving away a copy of The Siege to the winner of the following short story competition:

Write a story in 50 words, using the following words in it somewhere:

  • MIRROR
  • SALAD
  • GHOST
  • MAGAZINE
  • BEER

The closing date is: Friday 17th November 2023. Post your entries in the comments below, or email them to me: estherchilton@gmail.com

Good luck! The winning entry will be published on my blog.

And remember, there’s still time to pre-order my new collection of short stories, The Storm. It’s only available as an ebook at the moment, but the paperback is on its way.

Esther Chilton
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21 responses to “Book News – A Competition For You To Enter”

  1. robbiesinspiration Avatar
    robbiesinspiration

    Hi Esther, this is great. I’ll try to participate.

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Great! Look forward to it 😊

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  2. Kim Smyth Avatar
    Kim Smyth

    Julia had come to the famously haunted hotel hoping for a spiritual encounter.
    She sat in the bar eating a salad, keeping an eye on the mirrors for ghostly presences, but started when she spied a celebrity nursing his beer. She looked closer. No! Could it really be Teddy Roosevelt?

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      That’s a fun one. Thank you for your entry 😊

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      1. Kim Smyth Avatar
        Kim Smyth

        Thanks for the challenge!

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  3. Marje @ Kyrosmagica Avatar
    Marje @ Kyrosmagica

    Sounds fun, if I get time I may join in. Best, Marje

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      That would be great, Marje 😊

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      1. Marje @ Kyrosmagica Avatar
        Marje @ Kyrosmagica

        Started it! The deadline is my birthday so should remember. 😀

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      2. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        No excuses then!

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  4. Dave's Poetry & Mystery... Avatar
    Dave’s Poetry & Mystery…

    Hi Esther, here is my 50 word story:

    Saturday nights we had steak salad. He would follow it with a bear while reading his favourite motor magazine.
    One eerie night I heard the rustling of his mag but his chair was vacant. I glanced in the mirror and saw his ghost in the chair, sat reading his magazine.

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Thank you for entering 😊

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  5. artbychristinemallabandbrown Avatar
    artbychristinemallabandbrown

    My entry is more mundane:

    Pauline looked in the mirror. She’d just eaten lunch, a salad. She hoped her diet would work. Pauline had read in a magazine that having 2 salads a day could help shed pounds. But a ghost of a smile passed over her lips. Did low calorie beer fit the menu?

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    1. Dave's Poetry & Mystery... Avatar
      Dave’s Poetry & Mystery…

      That’s creative. We usually write where our thoughts take us. I like to read stories of the paranormal, ghosts, spirits, etc. Hence my ghost theme.

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      1. artbychristinemallabandbrown Avatar
        artbychristinemallabandbrown

        I know it’s Halloween soon but u decided to swerve round that!

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      2. artbychristinemallabandbrown Avatar
        artbychristinemallabandbrown

        I not u

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    2. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Thanks, Christine. It’s creative as Dave said 😊

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      1. artbychristinemallabandbrown Avatar
        artbychristinemallabandbrown

        Glad it’s OK

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  6. treehugger Avatar
    treehugger

    Hi Esther .This is my 50 word entry.
    She had got the idea from a magazine of unsolved crimes. He never detected the arsenic she added to the chicken salad he enjoyed,washed down with a glass of beer , on that fateful evening.
    Now, his ghostly face stares back at her every time she looks in the mirror.

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Thank you so much for your entry 😊

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  7. Hugh W. Roberts Avatar
    Hugh W. Roberts

    Hi Esther, here you go — my entry.

    In a futuristic world, I stared into the quantum mirror, hoping to glimpse a hidden dimension.

    Instead, a ghostly figure emerged, holding a holographic magazine. It revealed secrets of interstellar travel just as my beer transformed into liquid stardust.

    The salad of knowledge served, I embarked on an extraordinary journey.

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Wonderful! Thank you so much for entering.

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