Congratulations to TVBR’s 2020 Short Story Contest Winners
The Vincent Brothers Review editors are pleased to announce the winning entries from our 2020 Annual Short Story Contest. There were close to 200 well-written
Kimberly Willardson
A Pinch of Herbs—Basil
Frigid, record lows (-25˚ in Dayton!), slush, freezing rain, flooding, sleet, and those sloshy, grey, black-crusted piles of old snow that are utterly depressing. Ready
My First Summer as an International, Top-Secret Spy
I was a mean kid. I thought everyone was studying, practicing to be top-secret spies, as I was, so, I was naturally suspicious of everyone around me, even those close to my age.
Her name was Maudie and she was draped in Sarah Coventry jewelry. Her mother sold it in their own living room back in Toronto. Chunky gold-plated rhinestone and fake turquoise rings, bracelets made of a tiger eye glass cabochons, and an enormous perfectly symmetrical lime green pansy brooch.