Finish the Story overall winner
HUZZAH, we have a winner! Nathan from Salisbury has been awarded a brand new laptop as a prize for writing our judges’ favourite Finish the Story ending of the year.
(Image credit to The Salisbury Journal. Nathan Burn receiving his prize from Lynne Taylor of The Reading Agency, watched by Chris Williams, portfolio holder for libraries at Wiltshire Council and children’s librarian Naomi Fewins)
Nathan (above) finished Rick Riordan’s story starter A Quest from Apollo. You can read the first section of Nathan’s story below, and the full thing here!
“Of course,” the man said. “You’re John and Alyssa, aren’t you? I’m the god Apollo. There’s a monster in these subway tunnels called Scylla. In old times, she ate mortals off the decks of ships. Now, as she has little prey on the sea, she eats mortals from trains at rush hour. The businessmen don’t notice anything-they’re too busy with their laptops and music. I want you to stop Scylla eating innocent mortals.”
Rick, author of the bestselling Percy Jackson And The Olympians series, says of Nathan’s winning ending:
Great work, Nathan! What a wonderfully scary story. I’m not sure I could’ve disposed of a monster any better than that, and I will definitely think twice before riding the train again!
Nathan himself says:
I thought it would be fun to try and write about a Greek monster in Rick Riordan’s style because I’m very interested in Greek mythology and I enjoy reading Rick’s Percy Jackson series.