We asked you to give us a story about a less-than-ideal outdoor experience in 49 words or less. Fiction, nonfiction, so long as it was a story about camping during a wild rainstorm or getting lost while out for a simple walk or just melting outside during a heat wave.
Here we present the winner:
WINNER
The grass was matchsticks. The crinkled canvas tent featured various veins like an elderly leaf. The sun embered on high amongst coughs of clouds lined with jellied bile. Jerry lacked the strength to relax out here much longer. His trip wasn't working. Everything reminded him of everything he required.
Richard Warner
Scarborough, UK
