An Officer and A Gentleman Contest,
Burn, o/s

::hands over part of my soul in an old shoe box:: That is for you to keep. It is the part that you have taken with the subtle power you convey with your words. So effortlessly, your characters wind themselves around my synapses, and my world becomes their world. I feel their longing and confusion and need. I chose the shoebox, because your writing doesn't bewitch me with great fanfare like a shiny, ribboned gift, but in a comfortable way like something you would collect bits of treasure in over time.

Good luck in the contest!