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Category: 2021 Spring Writing Contest

Plane Sailing

Plane Sailing

June 8, 2021 by Elizabeth Nettleton 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Hot 0 Comments
Even Hell Has Angels

Even Hell Has Angels

June 4, 2021 by C. W. Murphy 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Hot, Humor 0 Comments
The Price of Silence

The Price of Silence

June 3, 2021 by Kacy Hogg 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Fantasy 0 Comments
Fortunatus Fall

Fortunatus Fall

June 2, 2021 by Palmer Hawkins 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Horror, Science Fiction 0 Comments
Erlkönig

Erlkönig

June 1, 2021 by Kathrin Auzinger-Hotzel 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Fantasy 0 Comments
Stricken

Stricken

May 29, 2021 by J. D. Edwin 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Hot, Speculative Fiction 1 Comment
From this Day Forward

From this Day Forward

May 28, 2021 by Pablo Cervera 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Hot, Speculative Fiction 0 Comments
At a Loss For Words

At a Loss For Words

May 26, 2021 by Jennifer Palmer 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Hot, Magical Realism 0 Comments
The Foolishness of Kekoa

The Foolishness of Kekoa

May 14, 2021 by Neku Onoja 2021 Spring Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
Looking In

Looking In

April 14, 2021 by Lori Paradis 2021 Spring Writing Contest
HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

April 9, 2021 by Rekha Thakerar 2021 Spring Writing Contest
Ménage à trois

Ménage à trois

April 8, 2021 by Ava Mauriello 2021 Spring Writing Contest
TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS MY 2021 COVID QUANDARY

TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS MY 2021 COVID QUANDARY

April 7, 2021 by Ross Perkal 2021 Spring Writing Contest
Artificial Sweeteners

Artificial Sweeteners

April 7, 2021 by Brittney Peters 2021 Spring Writing Contest
The Best Test, Better than All the Rest

The Best Test, Better than All the Rest

April 6, 2021 by Joe Bunting 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Time

Time

April 6, 2021 by Paul 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Pulse of Fear

The Pulse of Fear

April 6, 2021 by Steve Rush 2021 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Elimination By Liquidation

Elimination By Liquidation

April 6, 2021 by Stephanie K. Kana 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
A Magnificent Planet

A Magnificent Planet

April 6, 2021 by Wayne Watkins 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Determined

Determined

April 6, 2021 by Shawn P. Burke 2021 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Eris

Eris

April 6, 2021 by Lesley McGill 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Solar Field-Trip

Solar Field-Trip

April 6, 2021 by C. W. Lewandowski 2021 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Vitruvian Dreams

Vitruvian Dreams

April 6, 2021 by Maddalena Di Gregorio 2021 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Arina

Arina

April 6, 2021 by Fernando Bascunan 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Losing Rooms

Losing Rooms

April 6, 2021 by M MacKinnon 2021 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Ashes of What Once Burned So Brightly

The Ashes of What Once Burned So Brightly

April 6, 2021 by Natalie N. Aydin 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Crack in the Glass

The Crack in the Glass

April 6, 2021 by JD WEST 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Upstairs Man

The Upstairs Man

April 6, 2021 by Peter Allen 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Prodigal Grandson: An Omega Virus short story

The Prodigal Grandson: An Omega Virus short story

April 6, 2021 by Jake A. Strife 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
A game for all the family

A game for all the family

April 6, 2021 by AS Nabmann 2021 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments

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