More From The Three-Minute Fiction Contest

We're still reading through the nearly 4,000 short stories listeners submitted during this round of our Three Minute Fiction contest. Until then, we're bringing you excerpts of stories that have caught our eye. This week, NPR's Susan Stamberg reads a passage from Nora by Jesse Padilla of Normal, Ill., and Bob Mondello reads a passage from Duck Hunting by Michael Mount of Winston-Salem, N.C.