Melissa Bowersock Wins Flash Fiction Challenge

Melissa Bowersock is the Readers’ Choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. The winning entry is decided by the popular vote and rewarded with a special feature here today. (In the case of a tie, the writer who submitted an entry first is the winner per our rules.)

Without further ado, here’s the winning story:

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Flash Fiction Writing Prompt: Happy New Year 2017

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Photo copyright K. S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.

Use the photograph above as the inspiration for your flash fiction story. Write whatever comes to mind (no sexual, political, or religious stories, jokes, or commentary, please) and after you PROOFREAD it, submit it as your entry in the comments section below. There will be no written prompt.


Welcome to the Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. In 250 words or less, write a story incorporating the elements in the picture at left.  The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced.

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Indie Reads – December 2016

Indies Unlimited does not review books, but we do have a couple of renowned reviewers on staff. We thought a great way to celebrate indie writing would be to ask those reviewers for their top indie picks of the month. Here are this month’s top picks from our experts:


The Lonely Mile 120x177The Lonely Mile by Allan Leverone

“Brilliantly executed, well written with strong, solid, well-developed characters.”

Read the rest of the review by Cathy Speight.

The Lonely Mile is available through Amazon.com.
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Thrifty Thursday: Merry eBook Savings

santa kindle ebooksHopefully you were really good this year and Santa brought you a shiny new Kindle or other eReader. If he did, you can fill up that puppy now with the free and 99 cent eBook deals right here on Thrifty Thursday.

Readers: look in the comment section below. If you see one you like, click over and buy it. How easy is that? (If you don’t see the book covers, adjust your browser’s adblock settings.) Continue reading “Thrifty Thursday: Merry eBook Savings”