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WNIJ launched it's first "Three-Minute Fiction" contest in September, 2015 with a prompt issued by award-winning author, GK Wuori:I'm a curious person. No, I'm a nosey person. Nooo. I'm a snoop, and it's finally gotten me into trouble.We received more than 100 submissions. Wuori, a Pushcart Prize-winner, selected five authors and we invited them to our studios to record their stories. Wuori then selected another five authors for honorable mentions, and we include their readings in this archive.We welcome your comments to these stories. And if you talk about this series on social media, please use #WNIJReadWithME.WNIJ's "Three-Minute Fiction" was inspired by an NPR contest of the same name.

Curious About Your Host's Medicine Cabinet? Make Sure It's Really A Cabinet

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You're invited to a party at a wealthy person's home. Somehow, you find the master bathroom and stare at a mirror that appears to double as a medicine cabinet.

Do you open it?

Think about the things you can learn about your host just by taking a peek. Of course, there might be nothing more powerful or revealing than Tylenol in there. But you'll never know without opening it.

This is the premise for "Shattered," the final story of our "Three-Minute Fiction" contest.

This story, like the other winners, follows a prompt issued by Pushcart Prize-winning author GK Wuori:

I'm a curious person. No, I'm a nosey person. Nooo. I'm a snoop, and it's finally gotten me into trouble.

Wuori picked "Shattered," along with four other winners, out of more than 100 submissions. The story is by Tamara Gaumond of Rockford.

You can see Gaumond reading her story below.

Wuori also gives honorable mentions to a handful of stories. The authors also recorded their readings at WNIJ, and we'll post these later today.

Thanks to GK Wuori for being the prompter and judge for our first "Three-Minute Fiction," which was inspired by a NPR contest of the same name. And a big thanks to everyone who submitted their stories.

We encourage your comments. And if you talk about this series on Facebook or Twitter, please use #WNIJReadWithME.

Above all, keep writing!

Good morning, Early Riser! Since 1997 I've been waking WNIJ listeners with the latest news, weather, and program information with the goal of seamlessly weaving this content into NPR's Morning Edition.
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