Which “Vortex” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

Vote5It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! It’s all up to you now – only one can win Flash Fiction Readers’ Choice Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then come back to THIS page and click the gray circle next to the person’s name. Scroll down to the vote button which will turn blue, and then click it. Please then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word. Attention Authors: It is okay if you ask people to vote for you!

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time. If the poll doesn’t close on time, any votes received after 5 pm will be removed.

REMINDER – entries over the 250 limit are disqualified.

Which "Vortex" Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

  • Theodore Jerome Cohen (68%, 25 Votes)
  • Rutger Galtiarii (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Judith Garcia (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Ann Zimmerman (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Tess Phillips (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Mary Kay Bonfante (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Ed Cooke (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Pat Mills (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Pharrel Katz (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ken Talley (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Patricia Littlefield (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 37

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit will be disqualified even if they win. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.

E. J. Zshornack Wins Flash Fiction Challenge

E. J. Zshornack 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: Vortex

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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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September 2019 Writing Exercise: Superstitious

writing exercise stretching-498256_960_720Our overworked administrator is getting a much-needed break today, so we figured you all might like to take this time to exercise your writing chops.

Therefore, here’s a writing prompt for you; do as you wish – short story, flash fiction, poem, what have you. There is no deadline or word count restriction, and no judging. Just write. (Comments are closed – write on your own.)

This week’s word: Superstitious

Use it however you’d like: as the title, in a sentence, or as inspiration. Ready, set, write!