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Category: 2020 Fall Writing Contest

Come Apart

Come Apart

October 27, 2020 by Sarah Gribble 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Drama, Hot 1 Comment
All There Is

All There Is

October 26, 2020 by Lisa Walton 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
The Talisman

The Talisman

October 23, 2020 by Laura Porter Taylor 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
Times Infinity

Times Infinity

October 22, 2020 by Mark Shields 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Hot, Speculative Fiction 0 Comments
The Bridge

The Bridge

October 21, 2020 by April R. Russell 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
A Choice to Change

A Choice to Change

October 20, 2020 by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
Life With No LENS

Life With No LENS

October 19, 2020 by Jennifer Palmer 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Hot, Speculative Fiction 29 Comments
Sunlight and Snake Oil

Sunlight and Snake Oil

October 17, 2020 by Jessica Opalinski 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Hot, Magical Realism 0 Comments
Haywire

Haywire

October 16, 2020 by Tze Chua 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Hot, Speculative Fiction 0 Comments
Unbound

Unbound

October 1, 2020 by Rashmi P. Menon 2020 Fall Writing Contest, Thriller/Suspense 0 Comments
Meet the Judges of the Fall Writing Contest

Meet the Judges of the Fall Writing Contest

September 29, 2020 by Alice Sudlow 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Eternally Happy

Eternally Happy

August 27, 2020 by Emmett Freedman 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Future Lottery

The Future Lottery

August 27, 2020 by Noelle Alana Intal 2020 Fall Writing Contest 4 Comments
Testing 123

Testing 123

August 27, 2020 by Alice 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Cabin

The Cabin

August 27, 2020 by Jocelyn Kiss 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Martin’s Mammoth Cave Destint

Martin’s Mammoth Cave Destint

August 27, 2020 by CD Coffman 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Unexpected

The Unexpected

August 27, 2020 by Janet Hafner 2020 Fall Writing Contest 3 Comments
Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel

August 27, 2020 by Garett R.C. Hamilton 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
A New Life Beckons

A New Life Beckons

August 27, 2020 by Marjory Harris 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Retrograde

Retrograde

August 27, 2020 by JD Edwin 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Bubbles of Consciousness

Bubbles of Consciousness

August 27, 2020 by Kelly Graham Tick 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Three Friends

Three Friends

August 27, 2020 by Manali Kirkire 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Unleashed

Unleashed

August 27, 2020 by Deborah Lukovich, PhD 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Séance

The Séance

August 27, 2020 by Jennifer Santiago 2020 Fall Writing Contest 2 Comments
No World Order

No World Order

August 27, 2020 by Susan Reasner 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The V.R. Empress

The V.R. Empress

August 27, 2020 by A.C. Wolfe 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Kaz ‘N Stu to the Rescue!

Kaz ‘N Stu to the Rescue!

August 27, 2020 by Laura R. Scatena 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Imperium In Eternum

Imperium In Eternum

August 27, 2020 by Robert Leigh Hunt 2020 Fall Writing Contest 2 Comments
A Father’s Legacy

A Father’s Legacy

August 27, 2020 by Tina Smith 2020 Fall Writing Contest 7 Comments
One Word

One Word

August 27, 2020 by Soleah Kenna Sadge 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments

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