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Flash Fiction

February 2019


For Humanity Today and Tomorrow
by Sou Saito
Mankind's future depends on its past...

Mr Satan
by Christopher T. Dabrowski
The joke's on you, kid!

Roc-ed
by William Joseph Roberts
Look! Up in the sky!

Skulls
by C. E. Gee
Ancient aliens!

The Grind
by Gordon Sun
Things aren't always what they seem

Unexpected House Guest
by Denny E. Marshall
They always turn up when it's least convenient...

The Dive
by Dan Rice
You want to watch what you say in spaceport bars!


Flash Fiction Challenges

Every month for almost ten years, we have run a flash fiction contest in the "Fun and Games" folder in Aphelion's forum. In the contest, we post a challenge with a specific theme and participants get two weeks to write a flash story based on the challenge guidelines. Then the members vote of the stories, rating them in six different categories. It's a great place to hone your writing skills, meet some fellow writers, receive some feedback, and possibly win a prize, or at least, bragging rights. Flash stories from all of our previous challenges are archived in the Flash Challenge Entries Index, which lists over 775 stories.

New participants are always welcome. Submissions for the contest are done through the forum. Just click 'Flash Challenge' button in the Navbar link on the left side of this screen, or go to the ’Fun And Games’ topic on the forums, to see what we're up to right now