The Grand Prize Winner in our First Literary Contest—-Unveiled

Our first literary contest has taken some time to get up, but we believe that the pieces we were able to declare the winners were definitely worth the wait. If you’ve missed previous installments, you should check out the third place winner, No Name by Selaine Henriksen as well as our second place story, Mona by Clara Heathcock. Both are excellent but the story below, “From Her Tears Came the Sky” stood out for both our board and our judges. Also posted today is a full interview with its amazing author, Michelle Denham, and details about our next round for this contest that will start in January of 2015 so all writers be on the look out for your next chance!

So without further adieu, we present the first ever grand prize winner of the Legendary Women, Inc. first annual Literary Contest!

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She had been a monster, once. Now she was a monster trapped in the body of a woman. Remarkably, she found very little difference between the two.

She had long, black hair, amber eyes, and once, centuries ago, she’d conquered the kingdoms of men. Now she made sandwiches at a local deli and didn’t know how to leave her husband.

Sabbath Moore could honestly say she never really loved Frank, so the absence of love for him now was not a problem. But his emotions oppressed her, his habits depressed her, and she really missed the days when she ate men instead of cooked for them.