I came up with the idea for The Mason Jar in the early hours of the morning, as usual, because that's when contests happen when you're on the opposite side of the Atlantic to everyone else.

The contest was to begin in just a few minutes. Most other people already had their stories at least a little bit planned out in their head; we'd had the prompt for a while. I didn't think I was going to compete. But when I came up with the idea, I went for it.

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