The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.

Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.

Never an easy job, here are Sarah’s shortlisted posts for this week:

1. Complicity: Don’t edit this
nominated by miles away

I got a comment the other day on something I’d written elsewhere that made me think: “Oh, thank God, someone got exactly what I meant to say”.

2. Geese Aplenty:Sleep aid
nominated by asta

One late night is enough to put me in a daze the next day; doing it five nights in a row is enough for me to start speaking in tongues. I’m pretty sure this affects my system the way a series of knockout blows affected Muhammad Ali.

3. In search of Adam: Grandma
nominated by Zinnia Cyclamen

Coming out of the Tyne Tunnel.
I feel anxiety.
Turning onto the coast road.
My eyes scan buildings for familiarity.
I am hoping that grandma has evaporated milk.

4. My Mental Milkcrate: Don’t edit this (Milkcrate Mix)
nominated by An Unreliable Witness

I put effort into what I write, I know when I’ve put the words exactly where I wanted them, and dammit, I will take satisfaction in my work. But then, no one asked me to be self-effacing. It’s a silly leftover habit.

5. Not Just Hiding: Revelation
nominated by Ani

But here’s the thing. I am tired of trying to fit in where I simply don’t; the crowbar is leaving marks that refuse to heal.

This is not where I belong, and never has been.

6. Tom Coates: This is not a brothel
nominated by Mike

There has to be one place in your life where you’re absolutely resolutely not for sale. For me, that place is my personal site, the representation of me online. I’d no more let someone else compromise that voice than I’d let them tattoo their logo on my children.

7. The Cloudcutter Chronicles: Granny Dearest
nominated by guyana-gal

My grandmother could very well have been one of the worst human beings ever but I don’t think anyone else affected my life as much as she did. She was around more than my own mother and whether I like it or not, it changed me.

8. The japing ape: The secret policeman’s earpiece
nominated by MisssyM

He should remind his accusers that the woman he pleasured was two years his senior and had contacted him the day before on an internet dating site. If that isn’t prompt service in response to a call for assistance I don’t know what is. I can’t understand why she wasn’t called as a character witness in his trial.