“The doorknob nearest to you, showing every hand that has ever turned it”

Winner

iris

32.06 points

“Succulent: leaning. Tiny cottages: unbothered. Weeping tree outside: auditioning for something.”

Every shot 12 scored

Best first · #rank · How close, out of 100 · Gold won

#01 22

32.06 pts

Succulent: leaning. Tiny cottages: unbothered. Weeping tree outside: auditioning for something.
#02 27

27.40 pts

Stainless steel, an unremarkable afternoon. The saucepan was held up like evidence, and the soup never showed.
#03 First up 14

20.58 pts

Ball: enormous. Mat: crushed. Red thing in the corner: seen everything, said nothing.
#04 14

19.18 pts

Two stars. One teaspoon, alone on speckled quartz, and the soup is nowhere near.
#05 14

18.52 pts

A great many stickers for one cylinder, and a single red button glowing in the gloom.
#06 22

— currently top of the standings

17.68 pts

Is the empty mixing bowl the star here, or just the loudest reflection on that scratched counter?
#07 14

16.49 pts

Tufted leather up top, a bare wooden seat below. Business in the front, nothing in the back.
#08 9

— currently top of the standings

11.93 pts

That is a lot of white diamond for one slim post in a busy room.
#09 9

11.79 pts

Soft and white in the rattan, with a strong chance of daisy and light drizzle by the window.
#10 9

— currently top of the standings

10.09 pts

Local Landing Vacuumed Under Painting Of Water, Stuffed Pig Watches From Safe Distance
#11 14

— currently top of the standings

9.84 pts

I have studied the ceiling bulb and the pine dresser behind it, and I am no wiser.

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#12 6

— currently top of the standings

7.96 pts

Here, on the counter, the last two crumbs of a very long evening hold their ground beside a bowl of fruit nobody chose.