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Have your story published! Here's how to enter our Short Story Competition: "You coming?" He picked his bag up and swung it over his shoulder. As he did, his jacket fell open and I caught a fleeting glimpse of the first familiar thing I'd seen in this country: the triangular prism from "Dark Side of the Moon". "Yup." I cast aside my hesitation and followed. *** I woke with a start. Something wasn't right. I could feel it; like that weird feeling you get when you wake up in a strange place and you can't remember where you are or how you got there. I'd had it before, only this time I really had no clue where I was. The miasma of cleaning chemicals and damp mops stung my nose. I tried to move my hand towards my face, but sharp cords dug into my wrists, restricting my movement. I could hear my heart pounding and the blood rushing in my ears to the same rhythm. My chest spasmed in response to the shallow, rapid breaths I was taking. My eyes hadn't yet adjusted to the dimly lit, dank room. I was in a sort of blind panic. I had to force myself to calm down; panic wasn't going to get me anywhere. Taking deeper, much slower breaths now, I tried to focus on where I was. My last conscious thought was Peter showing me down a narrow alley way, and reaching out to open a door to what he said was a back entrance to my apartment building. At the same time this memory surfaced my eyes became more accustomed to the dark space around me. The hairs on the nape of my neck rose as the overwhelming feeling of being watched hit me. I could just make out a figure sitting with its legs crossed in the corner, observing my every move. The figure spoke. "So. You're finally awake." Once again, I heard that same, un-placeable accent that was undeniably Peter's. Stevie Hancox-Monk about the author Stevie is 17-years-old, originally from Wellington and has recently finished her final year at school with an excellence endorsement for NCEA Level 3. Her niche is Theatre and French, although she has always had a soft spot for English. Next year Stevie plans to attend Victoria University in Wellington to study for a double degree in Theatre and Modern Languages (French, Italian). She will also be travelling to London next year with the SGCNZ YSC 2012 (the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand, Young Shakespeare Company Globe study tour), where she, along with 23 other students, will have the chance to perform extracts from one of Shakespeare's plays on the stage of the Globe Theatre. Entries need to have a maximum of 1200 words and will be selected based on their interest and professional standard. Entries are to be emailed to: hermag@strettonpublishing.co.nz Subject line: Short Story Competition Terms and Conditions: Entries to have a maximum of 1200 words, submitted in double spacing, including a short biography of the writer. Entries close the 20th of each month. Each entry must be the author's original work and must not have been published before. The winner each month will be notified prior to publication, which will be at the editor's discretion. Her Magazine retains first publication rights for all winning entries for a period of six months. Entries from the previous month cannot be resubmitted for following months' competitions – i.e. entries can be submitted only once. Each entry must be original and must be submitted by the author. The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Submission of each entry constitutes acceptance by the submitter of the competition's terms and conditions of entry. www.hermagazine.co.nz www.hermagazine.co.nz | 123