The July 2004 Silver Clitorides Awards

The Presentation

It's Tuesday afternoon in La Taverna. Not as crowded as a weekend evening, but all the regulars are here. Having finished tallying the votes, Gary is enjoying the "free lunch;" apple-cranberry baked pork chops and nude potatoes (nothing on 'em but their skins.) Just a few minutes until the trophy of Argent Tina is engraved and the Certificate Suitable for Framing is inked.

Outside, the wind is howling and rain is beating on the windows and doors, at least on the side of the building that opens into the U. S. of A. (Not all of them do, you know - it's kind of a magical place that way. Some doors open into England, or Australia, or South Africa, or New Zealand, or somewhere else... why do you think all these 'Mericuns get their Joggraphy so screwed up?)

Gary's Muse appears on the platform by the baby grand and waves. She has the statuette and the award certificate. She waves.

Gary waves back, and is about to make his way there, when he is distracted by a change in the sound of the rain beating on the door. Almost as if someone was pounding for admittance... He goes to the door and opens it.

There, as though rising from the depths of a storm-tossed sea, is a vision of loveliness. A nude vision of loveliness, with long windblown red hair and sea-green eyes, sea-foam clinging everywhere but where John Ashcroft would prefer it, standing in what might almost appear to be a giant oyster. She speaks...

But the words are drowned out by the wind. Gary leans close. She cups her hands against his ear. Gary holds up a finger and turns to La Taverna's patrons.

"Anybody here order the clams?" No reply. He turns back to the vision, shaking his head. She holds up a brown paper sack (miraculously warm and dry) so that he can read the address. Smiling, he points to the left and yells, "two doors down!" She smiles her thanks and Gary closes the door against the tempest.

That distraction disposed of, Gary rushes to the stage, where Muse is waiting patiently.

"If I may have everyone's attention," he announces, "I'd like to go ahead with the presentation of this month's awards.

"The winner of Silver Clitorides Award for best story of the month of July, 2004 is Tight by Alexis Siefert. So, I'd like to congratulate Alexis and all the authors and finalists."
http://www.asstr.org/~Alexis_S/Alexis___4.htm

Story	Author	Month	Status
Angel	Arty	July, 2004	Finalist
Chicago Hotel Adventure	Lothario the Great	July, 2004	Finalist
Deep Sea Fishing	Dryad	July, 2004	Finalist
Dragonseekers	Ice Phoenix	July, 2004	Finalist
Dress Code	JSZ	July, 2004	nominee
The Favor	MWTB	July, 2004	incomplete
Need-Leash	Mike Kimera	July, 2004	nominee
Painting Over	Number 6	July, 2004	Finalist
Six Times A Day	Spacer X	July, 2004	incomplete
Spitfire and Messerschmitt	Gina Marie Wylie	July, 2004	incomplete
Tight	Alexis Siefert	July, 2004	Winner
Triangle World	Sydney Lauren Beier	July, 2004	nominee

For links to these stories, go to http://www.asstr.org/~Clitorides/SCA_Archive_D.htm#0407

