Flash Fiction

And so, it’s on. Write a story, no more than 1,000 words, about this picture. It can be anything — science fiction, crime drama, fairy tale. It can be first person, or not. Set in the past, the present, or the future. What is the story you can tell about this image? Your story may or may not be set in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Remember, no more than 1K words. Send it to me at edg@longridgeeditors.com by May 1, 2015.

Please paste the text of your narrative in the email, no attachments. Winner receives a gift personally selected by me from Danforth Pewter.

All writers agree that submissions may or may not be published online on Esse Diem. All rights return to author upon publication, with a request for citation upon future re-publications.

Have fun!

“An English tradition for hundreds of years was telling stories in front of the winter fire. They did this especially around the Winter Solstice which falls a few days before Christmas. I’ve said for years the winter solstice is my least favorite day of the year. It has the shortest amount of daylight and the longest night.

Imagine what it was like for someone 500 years ago, wondering if this was the year the night finally won over the day and the days kept getting shorter and shorter until it was night 24 hours a day. No wonder they huddled around the fire for warmth and no wonder the only stories they could think to tell had ghosts in them.”

via Season brings out the ghost stories! – Books by Eric Douglas.

Loren Eaton’s annual 100 Word Storytelling is just around the corner . . .

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