Effective
immediately, we will begin accepting submissions for our "Dirty Dozen"
feature:
Stories of precisely 12 words (plus ONE word for the title). Risqué, but not lewd. Funny, but not silly. Intelligent, but not elitist. Ideally, all three qualities together, but not necessarily.
By submitting your entry, you agree to comply with, and be bound by the following Official Rules:
1. Use our submission manager.
2. Unlimited number of submissions per reading period but they have to be submitted separately.
3. Submissions that violate these rules will be automatically disqualified.
4. We will select the three best entries every month and post them on our Website. We will acquire First North American Serial Rights. All of the selected entries will be printed in our semi-annual print issue. The author of the top entry will get one copy of the print issue and $10. There is no payment for any other entry. The rights will revert to the author after the printing of the print issue, but you have to acknowledge Vestal Review in all subsequent publications. The decision of the editors is final.
5. We will reply only to accepted submissions. Please do not query about the status.
Example:
Stories of precisely 12 words (plus ONE word for the title). Risqué, but not lewd. Funny, but not silly. Intelligent, but not elitist. Ideally, all three qualities together, but not necessarily.
By submitting your entry, you agree to comply with, and be bound by the following Official Rules:
1. Use our submission manager.
2. Unlimited number of submissions per reading period but they have to be submitted separately.
3. Submissions that violate these rules will be automatically disqualified.
4. We will select the three best entries every month and post them on our Website. We will acquire First North American Serial Rights. All of the selected entries will be printed in our semi-annual print issue. The author of the top entry will get one copy of the print issue and $10. There is no payment for any other entry. The rights will revert to the author after the printing of the print issue, but you have to acknowledge Vestal Review in all subsequent publications. The decision of the editors is final.
5. We will reply only to accepted submissions. Please do not query about the status.
Example:
Busy-Body
Mornings: dreams. Days: work. Evenings: parties. Nights: sex. Too busy to die.
Copyright © 2009 Mark Budman
Dominatrix
She drinks to get in the mood. He drinks to survive it.
Alan Stewart Carl
Respect
It was always about her face, until she turned and walked away.
Ben Loory
Paroxysms
Sideways glances. So many years. So much lost. Lust over me, please.
Becky Povich
November 2009 Selection:
StockingsEmpty. Hanging from the shower rod begging for entry of your legs.
Diane Bechtler
Salacious
Sensuous strip. Scandalous silk slithers. Slick skin swaps sweat. Satiated, sin sleeps.
Kerry S. Linfoot Ph.D.
Leaving
This close her tears have the same fragile curve as her ass.
Zack Wentz
January 2010 Selection:
OppositesShe was beautiful, sexy, made of antimatter. Best bang of my life.
Jonathan Pinnock
Quick
Rain. Nowhere to go. Holding hands, our wet palms made sucking noises.
David Bruzina
Bitter
He blustered into my life like winter's outburst. I blew him back.
Becky Povich
April 2010 Selection:
BlowhardHe wanted a woman who wouldn’t talk back. $49.95, pump not included.
Anatole Karpovs
Adorable
Through the thin fabric luscious mounds grind to the rhythm of ecstasy.
Timothy Marshal-Nichols
Laundry
You think your secrets are safe, sweetheart? Dirty clothes gossip. Stains squeal.
Jann Everard
May 2010 Selection:
Afterwords
Her body echoes off the walls, leaves a whisper of her scent.
Jerry Kraft
Sleepover
Neighbors hear everything. Who cares? The kids are gone; so are inhibitions.
Dan Rako
Compatibility
He'd do anything to be inside her. Even fake his blood type.
R. Gatwood
June 2010 Selection:
Removed in November 2011 per author's requestFetish
Pretty obvious, the way he carried that glass slipper across the
kingdom.
R. Gatwood
Foreplay
A thumb running all the way down my naked spine, unzipping me.
Barbara Neu
August 2010 Selection
Club She smiled, offered her hand, then whispered, "I enjoy meeting new members."
Leslie Colvin
Braggart
I came, I saw, I conquered. But not always in that order.
Paul Hargreaves
Spider
Legs like a spider straddle him. She wraps him up for later.
Walter Campbell
September 2010 Selection
If I’d met you first, he’d be on a leash, not you.
Divorce
She left because she couldn’t soften his heart or harden his head.
Marie Anderson
First
She’d always remember her first, no matter how many lasts there were.
Rebecca Lake
Mango
Peeled slowly, sopping flesh swallowed, sucked its seed with twitching, wet lips.
Jacquelyne Kibler
Scent
Years later, I still sleep alone, dressed only in your worn undershirt.
Olivia Kate Cerrone
Laurence Pittinger
Terrain
With her, I climb to new heights. I see I prefer valleys.
Philip Tinkler
Insecticide
Like a praying mantis, I wanted her, but she only wanted dinner.
Rick Murphy
Like a praying mantis, I wanted her, but she only wanted dinner.
Rick Murphy
Juicy
Breakfast in Bed. Her breasts, round and sun-kissed. Freshly squeezed.
Shannon Connor Winward
TBD
SpotBreakfast in Bed. Her breasts, round and sun-kissed. Freshly squeezed.
Shannon Connor Winward
TBD
December 2010 Selection
Wet
As the soaking rain defined her curves, his umbrella unexpectedly popped open.
Meg Schadl
As the soaking rain defined her curves, his umbrella unexpectedly popped open.
Meg Schadl
If I’d met you first, he’d be on a leash, not you.
Lily Mack
Departure
My lips part, my legs part,
awaiting you—why must we
part?
March 2011 Selection
Lilly
Little licks linger longer lately, lusting lovely liquors like lubricating lonely losers.
Stevie Cenko
Divorce
She left because she couldn’t soften his heart or harden his head.
Marie Anderson
First
She’d always remember her first, no matter how many lasts there were.
Rebecca Lake
May
2011 Selection
Without
Her low cut evening dress was very revealing, especially on the floor.
Jerry Popp
Mango
Peeled slowly, sopping flesh swallowed, sucked its seed with twitching, wet lips.
Jacquelyne Kibler
Scent
Years later, I still sleep alone, dressed only in your worn undershirt.
Olivia Kate Cerrone
July 2011 Selection
Serial
We came together, but I left—as always—with my knife, alone.Laurence Pittinger
Terrain
With her, I climb to new heights. I see I prefer valleys.
AJ Atwater
Unbuttoned
Lust is pulling free a loose button. Love is sewing it back.Philip Tinkler
October 2011 Selection
Dirty
I stole Mister Clean’s other earring. Ever since, I’ve been very dirty.Steven Stark
Vulnerable
My naked is so naked when touching your naked in naked darkness.
Sarah Gelfand
Portents
Sensuous images titillate her sleep, the ominous moon pregnant in the sky.Peter Baltensperger
November/December 2011 Selection
Viewpoint
My romantic view of you has become distorted. Please clean your windows.Nick Johns
Scent
What she put behind her ears always turned him on. Her legs.
Rob Smith
Split
I remember her running across the playground screaming: my first woman scorned.Ben Atherton
Volcanic
Hot blood bubbles beneath my skin like magma, erupting whenever she blows.Tracy Davidson
January 2012 Selection
Gynecologist
His job is weird: he looks for problems where others seek happiness.
Farida Samerkhanova
Capitalism
He kept her undies. She kept his wallet. A bargain of keepers.
Beverly Jackson
He Saw Her From Across the Bar
They met like two cars braking at an intersection: almost an accident.
Jeffrey Bakkensen