The rubric for the next comp has us all gripped, I'm sure, but I don't yet have it all grasped. Some Google research in my future to get me a bit more familiar with this story that inspired this one.
No 4241
Set by Leonora Casement
The story about Lorraine Dearing in the Daily Mail had us all gripped: “I got home from work and didn’t notice he was missing,” she said. “But then I saw this note . . . and there was a picture of Norman with a kitchen knife next to his throat. We have some really interesting [gnomes] in the garden and some are worth quite a lot of money. I don’t understand why anyone would take Norman . . . There is no way I am paying the ransom . . .” We want you to explain (in the kidnapper’s confession or, say, a psychiatric report) what could have led up to the unfortunate state of affairs.
Max 150 words by 30 August
comp@newstatesman.co.uk