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Happy second birthday to Laurel Hightower’s “Every Woman Knows This” Two years ago today, we had the honor and privilege of publishing Laurel Hightower’s short story collection, Every Woman Knows This. This powerful little collection packs a punch and has lasting appeal through our ever-changing social climate. The Synopsis: A never-ending storm rages, tossing a
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In November, we posted a pop-up flash fiction contest where participants had only 48 hours to write a 500 to 1000-word horror story in the theme “Ten Years After the End of the World”. Our guest judge, L.P. Hernandez, read through about 80 submissions and selected “Tending to Dead Flowers” by David K Mitchell. “Tending
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The Flash on the Fly 48-hour contest window is now closed. Thank you to all who took on this challenge and submitted stories. Our guest judge, LP Hernandez will be reading submissions over the next few weeks. Once he selects a winning story, the author of that story will be contacted via email. Please watch
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SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED The Flash on the Fly Challenge begins now Submissions are open as of Saturday November 9 at 10:00AM EST and will close in 48 hours on Monday November 11 at 10:00AM EST. No submissions will be accepted outside of that window. Theme: TEN YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD Write a horror flash fiction story, 500-1000 words (FIRM LIMITS) that fits
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Flash on the Fly is back for Autumn 2024 with Guest Judge L.P. Hernandez How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday, November 9th, 2024, we will announce the theme and/or subgenre of the horror writing contest.
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In June 2024, we posted a pop-up flash fiction contest where participants had only 48 hours to write a 500 to 1000-word aquatic horror story. Laurel Hightower read through over 200 submissions and the competition was fierce. The winning story is: “Poolhorse” by Samir Sirk Morató. Guest Judge Laurel Hightower’s comments on “Poolhorse”: “Fantastic scene setting, atmospheric
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A HORROR WRITING CONTEST 48-HOUR SUBMISSION WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED! Submissions are open as of Saturday June 8 at 9:00AM EDT and will close in 48 hours on Monday June 10 at 9:00AM EDT. No submissions will be accepted before or after the open window. Theme: AQUATIC HORROR (any subgenres of horror are permitted) Write
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Flash on the Fly is back in June 2024 with guest judge, Laurel Hightower! How quickly can you go from reading the open call to submitting a story? Can you do it in 2 days? HOW IT WORKS: On Saturday, June 8th, 2024, we will announce the horror subgenre and theme of the contest. From
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On December 10th, I announced a surprise micro-fiction contest challenging writers to write a 200-300-word winter/holiday story. Typically, the Flash on the Fly contests request up to 1000 words in only 2 days, but since ’tis the season for giving, I gave writers 7 days and offered the same prize amount of $50.00. I received
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A SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS Things have been a little quiet around Death Knell Press, so let’s spike this egg nog and make things interesting. And since it’s the season for giving, we’re giving you not 2 days, but 7 days to write a 300-word story. No fee to enter. $50 prize. A
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