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180+ brave entrants. This is the story of the October 2025 Booby Prize!

OCTOBER 2025 PROMPTS

Genre(s)

Character(s)

Location(s)

  • Whodunnit Mystery


  • Comedic Horror


  • Noir

Location(s)

Character(s)

Location(s)

  • Jam / Jelly Factory


  • Excavation Site


  • Used Book Store

Character(s)

Character(s)

Character(s)

  • Dancer


  • Marriage Counsellor


  • Eccentric Scientist

OCTOBER 2025 LONGLIST

“Acid Re-Flux”


“Barre Class”


“Black Gold”


“Checked Out”


“Dance Interrupted”


“From The Files Of Darwin Bluefoot, Private Booby Dick”

“Goodnight, Doll.”


“Human Resources”


“Judged by the Cover”


“Reverance”


“Rocco and Della”


“Second Chance”

“Sirin Song”


“Soft-Boiled: A Slick Tracy Case File”


“The Blue-Footed Dame”


“The Life and Death of Barry Berry”


“The Blue-Haired and Balding Book Club”


“Until Death Did Part”

PLUSHIE WINNERS

WE GAVE AWAY 3x PLUSHIES TO...

Gale Martin

Mark Buckley

Kerry-Ann Hunt

OCTOBER 2025 SHORTLIST

Checked Out

by Sarah Hirons


Goodnight, Doll.

by Harry Humber


Human Resources

by David Roe


Sirin Song

by HD Gwyn


The Blue-Footed Dame

by Joanne Deluce

I read each story the same number of times over the course of a full week. All of them have stayed with me in some way but a competition inevitably requires a single winner to be chosen.

Richard O'Neill MBE - on judging the final shortlist

OCTOBER 2025 WINNER(s)

WINNER

RUNNER-UP

RUNNER-UP

SIRIN SONG

by HD Gwyn


Read here

RUNNER-UP

RUNNER-UP

RUNNER-UP

HUMAN RESOURCES

by David Roe


Read here

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