The Bet: Uncle Mo Holds a Grudge

Andrew's winning horse: I'll Have AnotherA second year of The Bet is under the belts of four crazy authors. It's time to unveil the stories.

For those of you unfamiliar with The Bet, Andrew Smith, Kimberly Pauley, Brian Farrey and Yours Truly seem to lose our minds each year around Kentucky Derby day. That's when we bet on the Derby with each other, but with the writing of original short stories rather than money.

You can read about the first year's bet here, and learn more about this year's bet here. 

This year Andrew won, and so did not write a story. He gave Kimberly, who came in second, the title The Flat-Tire Man. Kimberly gave me the title Uncle Mo Holds a Grudge, which will make a lot of sense if you follow the crazy bet history. I came in third and gave Brian the title All of Nature Abhors a Vacuum. 

So here, without further ado, is Uncle Mo Holds a Grudge. You'll note it brings back the characters I introduced in last year's bet story, The Art of Being Stuck Here (Title assigned to me by Andrew Smith). So if you haven't read that one, you might enjoy the two stories back to back. The Art of Being Stuck Here can be read at this link. 

You should be able to read the other two stories on Kimberly's and Brian's blog.

A thought: Three or four more years of The Bet, and then we put out an ebook of Bet stories. Are you game, fellow crazy authors?

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Update on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 8:33AM by Catherine

As a follow-up, direct links, now that I have them. Kimberly's story The Flat-Tire Man is HERE, and Brian's All of Nature Abhors a Vacuum (cool title, huh?) is HERE. Happy reading!

Comments

[Cathryn Leigh]

I'd be game! A book of bet stories sounds like fun. :} Especially if you manage to continually tiime them together.

:} Cathryn

[Cathryn Leigh]

Ug.. make that tie them together. Sometimes I don't know what my fingers are up to. :}

[Catherine]

Yes! I think the fact that many not only have a common thread but tie in some background history from The Bet makes it fun. For example, Kimberly has an Uncle Mo in both her stories and so do I. And my first story had the other two titles hidden in it.

And by the way, I am often amazed (not in a good way) by what my fingers do at the keyboard when I'm not watching. So don't feel bad.