Archive for Contest Winners

  1. WHEN ELLIOT LET GO • by Troy Farah 3 Comments

    First Place Winner Flash Fiction Chronicles String-of-10 FOUR Contest — Spring ’12 Jacob, his ladder; Elliot, his rocket. Nearly a year, every wage Elliot made down at Thompson’s Organ Factory was put into his backyard science experiment. He used an old tire for a seat, siding from a broken wagon, metal springs and the rounded [...]

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  2. PRETENDING • by A. S. Andrews 18 Comments

    First Place Winner Flash Fiction Chronicles String-of-10 THREE Contest — Spring ’11 Darryl breaks a rule. An unwritten one, but he knows — don’t eat the goldfish. Unless you want to quarrel with the Virgin Mary herself, you have to follow her rules. Her house, her rules. That’s what he calls her, the Virgin Mary. [...]

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  3. SALVATION • by Ann M. Pino 25 Comments

    First Place Winner Flash Fiction Chronicles String-of-10 TWO – February ’10 Friday before Easter, and a raw wind blew down from the mountains. Vince huddled in his jacket and wondered by whose standards the day was known as good. He needed her to be there, on that curb where she harangued the curious with promises of redemption. Vince wasn’t [...]

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  4. THE HAIRCUT • by Sharon E. Trotter 40 Comments

    First Place Winner Flash Fiction Chronicles String-of-10 Contest — August ’09 The cancer made it hard to hate Della Lowery, which was a shame. I enjoyed hating her. Twelve years ago, on my first day, she had looked at the peace sign tattoo on my foot and asked, “Do you regret that yet?” “No.” “Don’t worry. You [...]

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