An encounter with a rock monster; a 5K run through hell; a surprise for a janitor; a love story; night watch in Vietnam; gypsies; a game of life; a gift; a special delivery; a watchgoose; a bodyguard; a bank robbery. Immerse yourself in an evening of pleasure. Experience the joys of mystery, romance, adventure, horror, humor and fun ... all from the creative minds of these talented writers. The Creative Writer's Notebook presents the winners, honorable mentions and judge's selections from its 2008 Short Story Competition.

Take a journey through time and into the minds and hearts of a cast of not-so-ordinary characters. Among them you will find lost lovers; a child of the holocaust; a writer, her husband and a plate of spaghetti; a lonely old man and his loyal friends; a man's bargain; an elderly woman's future; a PI seeking the father of a lost daughter; a father seeking revenge for a beloved daughter; soldiers, families and wars remembered; poker buddies at odds; a haunted man; an orphan seeking a home; an orangutan with an attitude, and others. In this volume you will find the thirty winning, honorable...