"W" – what evocative imagery is conjured up by this initial letter?

             Feast your imagination upon these word-salads:

             Web, wheelchair, witness, will, wife, weapon, wrongful, wealth, watching, wakeful, wager, writ, widow, wainscotting, warden, wrench, whim, waiting, woo, worsted, wreath, wilted, worry, wig, whisper, wistful, weep, wreak, withdrawal, whet, weary, wash, warrant, woeful, whiskers, waif, worms, whiskey, willing, weighted, winter, whelp, wayside, ward, woolen, wanderlust, warp, weak, wink, wicked ...

             Wrath, waylay, watusi, wonder, whore, wrinkled, wages, wounded, wacko, wreck, wizened, waltz, wad, winery, worship, winner, wodka, woman, wannabe, whatever, www, wilding, world, weasel, wire, wedgie, weekly, wok, whack, weed, whites, wallet, wonk, widget, willful, wanton, warty, wholistic, wrong way, white wedding, willowware, wallflower, windowblind, waterworks, watchman, windfarm, warehouse, wateringhole ...

             Wasp-waisted, whole-wheat, welter-weight, whey-faced, wide-awake, well-bred, work-place, weener-dog, wage-slave, wild-eyed, white-supremist, woe-begone, whistle-blower, west-coast, white-winged black-bird, West Highland White Terrier, West Indies, West Texas, Winnemucca, Winnabago, Woolworth's, Wilshire, Wallis, Watson, WDIE, Weathermen, Wonder Woman, Walt Whitman, Wilbur Wright, Wendell Wilkie ...

             The rules of Web Mystery Magazine's First Annual "W" Short Story Contest are simple: (1) write a short story using a "W" word as a motif, character, setting, theme, or clue, and (2) include the "W" word in the title.  Length: 2,500 to 12,500 words.  Genres: amateur-sleuth, noir, cozy, historical, thriller, golden-age, procedural – any genre is acceptable, as long as a mystery figures in the plot.  Format: refer to Submission Guidelines. Deadline for submissions: 1 November, 2005.

             Three winners will be selected by a panel of judges.  Prizes: winning stories and author interviews will be published in Web Mystery Magazine's Winter 2006 issue (1 January 2006).