Flash Fiction Vote: Make Your Choice

There is a lot to consider before casting your vote. It’s time for readers to pick a winner for this week’s challenge.

Check out this week’s entries here. Vote for your favorite, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

All our winners will be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology. Participate in this week’s voting, then  share the link to let everyone know the vote is on.

Polls close tomorrow at 5 PM.

 

Whose entry was barking up the right tree this week?

  • Maggie Rascal (31%, 14 Votes)
  • Kathy Steinemann (29%, 13 Votes)
  • Jon Jefferson (24%, 11 Votes)
  • MT Decker (11%, 5 Votes)
  • Marlin Woosley (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Annette (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 45

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll.

Flash Fiction Challenge: The Nutty Detective

Photo by K.S. Brooks

I’m Buck Bushtail, squirrel detective. I’d been hired by gorgeous Foxy Redfluff to track down a prize acorn someone had nabbed.

I’d been running my paws ragged looking into every hole in every tree in the forest. I was afraid I’d lost the scent, when a little bird told me he’d seen something suspicious over at the dam.

Those are some busy little beavers over there. I thought I’d investigate. Little did I know there was an eagle who’d been watching me like a hawk. It seemed I’d picked up a tail. I mean an extra one…

In 250 words or less, tell us a story incorporating the elements in the picture. 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. Continue reading “Flash Fiction Challenge: The Nutty Detective”

Get in Gear for the Flash Fiction Vote

Ah, I can almost hear the wheels of cogitation turning as IU readers consider the flash fiction entries from this week’s challenge. It’s time for readers to pick a winner!

Check out this week’s entries here. Vote for your favorite, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

All our winners will be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology. Participate in this week’s voting, then  share the link to let everyone know the vote is on.

Polls close tomorrow at 5 PM.

 

Which entrant lights your fire?

  • mtdecker (43%, 22 Votes)
  • Kathy Steinemann (39%, 20 Votes)
  • Jon Jefferson (10%, 5 Votes)
  • Shana Garcia (6%, 3 Votes)
  • Annette Hatton (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 51

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll.

Flash Fiction Challenge: Fire Escape

In all the time I’d known Barry, this might have been the wackiest plan he’d had yet.

He was always the dreamer and the schemer. So far, things had always worked out, though not usually as planned.

But this – robbing a bank dressed as firemen?

In 250 words or less, tell us a story incorporating the elements in the picture. 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. Continue reading “Flash Fiction Challenge: Fire Escape”