By Kathleen Colburn – What is flash fiction? We asked writers to paint a picture, to tell a story, with 500 words or less. A flash fiction story should be…
1st Place – Life From Sixty Feet
Written by RF Wilson – Grady Addleson watched the bullpen coach pick up the phone. “Uh huh,” the man said, hung up, looked at the pitcher, nodded. The lanky 26 year-old…
2nd Place – Fog
Written by J.S. Sollazzo – He wakes up before the dreams come, carefully rolls out of bed, and slips on the swim trunks he put out the night before. The…
3rd Place – Alvin Gets a Girl
Written by Gina Malone – Old Alvin might have inherited $1,000 when his father finally died, or he might have inherited more. Townspeople speculated; no one knew for sure. Alvin…
Denying the Signs
Honorable Mention – Written by Mickey Hunt – Vehicles inched forward, leaving barely enough room for Harold Stumbo to swing his crew-cab pickup through the gap in the guardrail. The four-horse trailer…
The Last Tenants
Honorable Mention – Written by Susan Damerville – The Veigles worked genius in a way. They owed months of back rent, then fled as the letter of eviction was dropping…
The Truth About Santa and Sex
Honorable Mention – Written by Tom Davis – Johnny told me about Santa Claus. Pat, one of his older brothers, told him. It happened about a week before Christmas. As soon…
Two Stories That I Enjoyed …
The two stories that follow were not chosen by the judges but I really enjoyed them, and you will too! Discovery of a Lifetime and The Dresser. Michael Landolfi has contributed several other…
Discovery of a Lifetime
Written by Michael Landolfi – A National Geographic film crew has cameras rolling as Professor Ignatius Trok unearths his most recent find. He faces the camera and says, “This eight…