Celebrating Independent Authors
Love Hurts
by Carol Wyer
4.9 average rating from 7 reviews
Love does not always result in ‘happily ever after’. It is a powerful emotion that, in the hands of a damaged soul, can be all-consuming, dangerous and even lethal.
In this collection of five short stories — some dark, some light-hearted — written by award-winning author Carol E. Wyer, we discover what happens when love takes over.
Be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions.
This book is available from Amazon.
Wilbur the chipmunk loves raspberries. Unfortunately, the best berries are on the bush up by the woman’s house.
That is also where the cat lives. The cat does not eat raspberries, but he would like to eat chipmunks.
Wilbur thinks he is too fast for that old cat, but the cat has a new strategy…
In 250 words or less, write a story incorporating the elements in the picture and/or the written prompt above. Do not include the prompt in your entry. The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced.
Please keep language and subject matter to a PG-13 level.
Use the comment section below to submit your entry. Entries will be accepted until Tuesday at 5:00 PM Pacific Time.
On Wednesday afternoon, we will open voting to the public with an online poll for the best writing entry accompanying the photo. Voting will be open until 5:00 PM Thursday.
On Friday afternoon, the winner will be recognized as we post the winning entry along with the picture as a feature. Then, at year end, the winners will be featured in an anthology like this one. Best of luck to you all in your writing!
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Glimmer Train is accepting submissions for their quarterly Short Story Award for New Writers. Open only to writers who have not been published in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000.
Prizes: First place, $1500 and publication. Second place, $500. Third place, $300.00.
Reading fee: $15 per submission. No more than three submissions.
Deadline is August 31, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.
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J.R. Hershberger is the readers’ choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge.
The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.
Without further ado, here’s the winning entry:
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