July 2009 - Short Story Challenge

So it seems that collectively, we did better in June than in May. Hopefully, we will all keep that up and do even better in July. Personally for me, hopefully I will finish a story sometime before the last day of the month. And Adam, you should try before last hour of the month :P So come on everyone, let's carry on with the short story challenge. Here are a couple of themes if anyone is lacking in inspiration:

• a couple goes to the beach for a day out, and the man runs into an ex-wife who ran off after ten years
• a story around two brothers of very different temperament who have just lost their mother