Burning Bridges
Burning Bridges mp3 Go ahead and listen to it. 
By Pia. To save himself and his younger brother a young boy resort to drastic measures. 5 pages, pdf.
This was originally written as an entry for the One Week Challenge at Simply Scripts, Drama/after the family BBQ. It was well received so I rewrote it and submitted it to Gimme Credit’s super short competition in the fall of -06. My first competition and it won! There were two judges and these were their scores:
Judge 1 Judge 2
9 9 Story/Structure
9 9 Dialogue
9 9 Character
4 7 Feasibility
8 9 Ending
Judge 1: Very sad. Moving. Well written characters and descriptions. I had a very clear picture of who everybody was and felt relieved when the house went up in flames.
Judge 2: Excellent, moving story. Very powerful. Watch the wording with the blood on the boys underwear–could be more specific without being more graphic. Well done!