Wednesday 28 October 2026 day closed

The prompt was

“A pair of unrelated objects leaning on each other like old friends at closing time.”

Winner
Winning entry by Karl

Karl

68.65 points

“Porcelain and stainless steel, one evening's washing-up. The artist ran out of evening.”

Every shot 11 scored

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

  • Entry by Karl
    #01 55

    68.65 pts

    Porcelain and stainless steel, one evening's washing-up. The artist ran out of evening.

  • Entry by Karl
    #02 46

    65.01 pts

    A smoke detector sits among the pebbles and pruning shears. It has seen things and will not be testing itself.

  • Entry by Tom
    #03 42

    — currently top of the standings

    62.08 pts

    The most thoroughly supervised crystal ball in any side table on record.

  • Entry by Karl
    #04 42

    59.08 pts

    Local Dresser Photographed Mid-Archaeology, Pink Soda Can Sits Among The Serums

  • Entry by Tom
    #05 39

    — currently top of the standings

    51.43 pts

    Here, on a curved plywood shelf, a purple tub of seeds and a brass vase hold their ground beneath a wall of paperwork.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #06 42

    47.51 pts

    A box of firelighters, and not a single one of them is in it.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #07 31

    45.76 pts

    Forecast: heavy rattle over the toy bin, with a tennis ball developing offshore by evening.

  • Entry by Tom
    #08 First up 24

    — currently top of the standings

    35.74 pts

    I have read every one of these receipts and still cannot account for the quarters.

  • Entry by Tom
    #09 31

    — currently top of the standings

    33.78 pts

    Who stacked eleven plates into a tower and then asked a mug to hold the line?

  • Entry by Gerald
    #10 24

    31.82 pts

    One star. Sage blanket arrived in a heap, wicker basket nowhere near it.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #11 22

    21.77 pts

    A cupboard door ajar on roughly forty cables and zero explanations.