Below is my first attempt at creating a short story for a competition. While I have self-published a book, writing a story to be reviewed by a panel of judges while being available online to anyone was way outside my comfort zone. My submission definitely wasn't perfect but if I had sat on it, I probably would have missed the deadline! Not only was it the start of a new year but the start of a new decade! I had to do it justice so 2020 was set to be my most action-packed tra