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===Inspiration===
'''Teamwork''' was originally written for Task Ten of the 2008-9 ''[[SlingInk Eurofiction Competition]]''. The prompt used was "Write a story set in three different places". It came fifth out of a total field of unknown size (probably between 20 and 30). The unknown judge said that it was "an extremely unusual and clever idea, though you perhaps need to try and contextualise it a bit better."

===Publications===
After a few failed submissions, '''Teamwork''' was published in Issue 16 of ''[https://www.murkee.co.uk Murky Depths]'' in 2010, illustrated by [https://www.carolineparkinson.co.uk Caroline Parkinson].

===Notes===
I originally submitted '''Teamwork''' to Murky Depths in September 2009. I didn't hear back from them until I nudged them in June 2010, at which point they said if I could reduce the confusion a bit, they would offer me a contract. I duly did so and they accepted it in September 2010, one year after submission.

I think this is one of my favourite stories.

'''Teamwork''' was one of [http://www.garethdjones.co.uk/2012/01/favourite-stories-of-2011.html Gareth D Jones's favourite stories of 2011].

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 ===Inspiration===
-'''Teamwork''' was originally written for Task Ten of the 2008-9 ''[[SlingInk Eurofiction Competition]]''. The prompt used was "Write a story set in three different places". It came fifth out of a total field of unknown size (probably between 20 and 30). The (unknown) judge said that it was "an extremely unusual and clever idea, though you perhaps need to try and contextualise it a bit better."
+'''Teamwork''' was originally written for Task Ten of the 2008-9 ''[[SlingInk Eurofiction Competition]]''. The prompt used was "Write a story set in three different places", although I'm not sure if the resulting story strictly adhered to this, being a story set in the same place but different (yet somehow concurrent) times. My main inspiration was almost certainly the work of M.C.Escher - particularly the lithograph ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_(M._C._Escher) Relativity]''. I may also have borrowed the ending from Flann O'Brien's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Policeman The Third Policeman]'', a particular favourite of mine.
 ===Publications===
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 ===Notes===
 I originally submitted '''Teamwork''' to Murky Depths in September 2009. I didn't hear back from them until I nudged them in June 2010, at which point they said if I could reduce the confusion a bit, they would offer me a contract. I duly did so and they accepted it in September 2010, one year after submission. The moral is: hang in there!
 I think this is one of my favourite stories.
-'''Teamwork''' was one of [http://www.garethdjones.co.uk/2012/01/favourite-stories-of-2011.html Gareth D Jones's favourite stories of 2011].
+'''Teamwork''' was also one of [http://www.garethdjones.co.uk/2012/01/favourite-stories-of-2011.html Gareth D Jones's favourite stories of 2011].