We have 48 stories in the Collector this week with 5 Debuts. Please welcome Luke Wortley, Fernando H. Stevens, Sonya Clark, Leonard White, and Nerine Dorman to the community. With the new options on the Collector we have 6 stories marked as being part of a series and 2 that have audio narration. The stories this week fall under 11 different genres. A fourth of them are Slice of Life, but Fantasy, Horror, and Magical Realism are also well-represented. As always, if your story is not in the listing below please go to the Collector and add the details. It will be in next week’s listing.

I love the fact that this is a truly global community of writers. Most of our stories this week are out of the United States (25) and United Kingdom (14), but we also have three stories from Australia, two from Canada, and one each from Bulgaria, Germany, South Africa, and Taiwan. If we don’t reach to the four corners of the globe, we come darn close. That’s because you are all so quick to welcome new writers and you encourage people to join in the fun. Keep that up!

~Tim

The Stories

YOUR DEAD by Tim VanSant ~ @TimVanSant ~ Cross Genre

Young Couple Sitting at the Bus Stop by Chris Morton ~ @chrris9 ~ Slice of Life

Yet Another Story About Juggalos by Chris Munroe ~ @munsimunsi ~ Humor

Waking Up by Icy Sedgwick ~ @icypop ~ Horror

Unpacking by Kathy Dittrich ~ @katherkath ~ Slice of Life

Under the Dogwood Tree by Carrie Clevenger ~ @carrieclevenger ~ Slice of Life

The Wizard’s Prophecy, Chapter 17 by JB Starre ~ @JBStarre ~ Fantasy ~ Serial

The Wishing Book by Emma Newman ~ @emapocalyptic ~ Magical Realism ~ Narrated

The Vagrant (Part 14) by Peter Newman ~ @runpetewrite ~ Science Fiction ~ Serial

The Price of Escape by David D Sharp ~ @aweeadventure ~ Slice of Life

The Piper by Kari Fay ~ @morganafiolett ~ Fantasy

The Nick Of Time (and other abrasions): Route d’abbaye Track Two ‘Something’ by Al Bruno III ~ @albruno3 ~ Paranormal ~ Serial

The New Orleans Vampire Tour by Timothy C. Hobbs ~ @MinorInsanity ~ Horror

The Fool by Nerine Dorman ~ @nerinedorman ~ Fantasy ~ Debut

The Dorothy Delusion. Part 9. by John Xero ~ @Xeroverse ~ Thriller ~ Serial

Th Stranger by Tom Gillespie ~ @Tom_Gillespie ~ Slice of Life

Stone by Gail Aldwin ~ @gailaldwin ~ Slice of Life

Ruiners by Nick Bryan ~ @NickMB ~ Humor

Reunion by Leonard White ~ @leonard_white ~ Horror ~ Debut

Resignation to the End by Lee-Ann Khoh ~ @leeannkhoh ~ Slice of Life

Over and Over by Deanna Schrayer ~ @deannaschrayer ~ Romance

On the horizon by Steve Green ~ Unspecified

Nightfall by John Xero ~ @Xeroverse ~ Science Fiction

Never Best by Danielle La Paglia ~ @Dannigrrl5 ~ Slice of Life

Mysterious Ways by Sonya Clark ~ @sonyabclark ~ Paranormal ~ Debut

Marylin by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Horror

Mardi Gras: House of the Dead by Carole Gill ~ @carolelynngill ~ Horror

Letting Go by Jack Holt ~ @jackkholt ~ Slice of Life

Legion of Battle by Fernando H. Stevens ~ @FernandoHSteven ~ Science Fiction ~ Debut

Just Because by Tony Noland ~ @TonyNoland ~ Slice of Life

Hunting Season by Anke Wehner ~ @Anke ~ Paranormal

Helping Hand by Emelie E. Strother ~ Cross Genre

Hairspray by ChrisWhiteWrites ~ @Chriswhitewrite ~ Thriller

Grandma’s House by JC Rosen ~ @JCRosen ~ Unspecified

Freedom by Sonia Lal ~ @soniawrite ~ Fantasy

Deadline by Aidan Fritz ~ @AidanFritz ~ Magical Realism

Codewords by ChrisWhiteWrites ~ @Chriswhitewrite ~ Thriller

Bullet for Bullet by Anne Michaud ~ @annecmichaud ~ Unspecified

At the End of the Day by Luke Wortley ~ @LukeWortley ~ Literary ~ Debut

Artifice by Lisa Vooght ~ @ficflash ~ Unspecified

An Echo Of What Once Was by Melissa L. Webb ~ @melissalwebb ~ Horror

A Story to Tell by Chuck Allen ~ @chuckallen ~ Slice of Life

A Reality Hitting Moment by Brainhaze ~ @Brainhazewp ~ Slice of Life

A Priest by John Wiswell ~ @Wiswell ~ Literary ~ Narrated

A Musician’s elegy by Cindy Vaskova ~ @Raptamei ~ Magical Realism

A Game of Chess, Part 2 – Queen’s Gambit by Angie C. ~ @techtigger ~ Fantasy ~ Serial

A Game of Chess Part 3 – A King in Check by Angie C. ~ @techtigger ~ Fantasy ~ Serial

A Birthday Story by Aaron Conaway ~ @M_Gideon ~ Magical Realism

Tim VanSant (72 Posts)

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Tim VanSant is a technician and rogue poet in academician's clothing. He thinks too much and sometimes he writes what he thinks. He has a face made for radio, a voice made for print, and a blog suitable for lining your NeoPet’s cage. Tim helps to maintain the website and compiles the weekly Friday Flash Report.