We had 51 stories in the Collector this week with 3 Debuts. Please welcome Leo King, Bill Moore, and Virginia Harness to the community. The stories this week fall under 13 different genres, including one each in Historical, Literary, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, and Western. What a wonderfully diverse community we have!

Still wondering about BOFF2? Read the update from Jon here and look for details next week.

Remember to keep the community news flowing through our weekly News Flash.

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 report. ~Tim

The Stories

…the Last Thing You Want to See While Dying of Thirst by Christopher Munroe ~ @munsimunsi ~ Humor

A Token Effort by Leo King ~ @LeoKingAuthor ~ Experimental ~ Debut

A Worrisome Return by Emma Newman ~ @Emapocalyptic ~ Magical Realism ~ Narrated

Aranka’s Anguish by Carrie-Anne ~ @Anyechka ~ Historical ~ Serial

Attention! by Celeste McLean-Cote ~ @runningnekkid ~ Literary

Big game hunter by Orjan Westin ~ @Cunobaros ~ Slice of Life

Blood and Roses, Part 3 by Melissa L. Webb ~ @melissalwebb ~ Unspecified ~ Serial

Cherry Vanilla, Part 3 by Xanto P. Jones ~ @Xanderiah ~ Horror ~ Serial

Choir Cougar’s Thunder by Brinda ~ @modscheherzade ~ Fantasy

Crone by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Urban Fantasy

DADT Is Alive And Well by Tony Noland ~ @TonyNoland ~ Slice of Life

Delorean Dilemmas by Annie ~ @AnnieEvett ~ Cross Genre

Digging In The Dirt by Al Bruno III ~ @albruno3 ~ Horror ~ Serial

Dying Wish by Peter Newman ~ @Runpetewrite ~ Fantasy

Family by Alex Tomlin ~ @tomo4242 ~ Humor

For The Sake Of A Last Drink by Kari Fay ~ @morganafiolett ~ Unspecified

Gemini by Laura Besley ~ Experimental

Golden Years by Craig Smith ~ @CraigWFSmith ~ Fantasy

Groundhog Day by Steve Husted ~ @shuste73 ~ Experimental

Hell.Com by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Horror

Him and Her by Jack Holt ~ @jackkholt ~ Slice of Life

How Many Times? by Bryan Mitchell ~ Slice of Life

I Think I Get It by Kevlin Henney ~ @KevlinHenney ~ Unspecified

Katsumi by Stephen Hewitt ~ @ThoughtMonkeyZ ~ Magical Realism

Looking For Trouble, Chapter 11 by Sonya Clark ~ @sonyabclark ~ Paranormal ~ Serial

Maybe Forever by T.J. McIntyre ~ @southernweirdo ~ Magical Realism

Memoirs From the End of the World: Entry #2 by L.G. Keltner ~ @LGKeltner ~ Science Fiction ~ Serial

Morning by Katherine Hajer ~ @eyrea ~ Science Fiction

One More Day by Jason Warden ~ @JasonDWarden ~ Cross Genre

Orion Leaned Down by Bill Moore ~ @billmoore_books ~ Cross Genre ~ Serial ~ Debut

Overheard by Aaron Conaway ~ @M_Gideon ~ Experimental

Peeping Tom by John Pender ~ @johnlpender ~ Unspecified

Quantitative Easing by Marc Nash ~ @21stCscribe ~ Unspecified

Relics by Denis Doran ~ Slice of Life ~ Serial

Ritual Inconvenience by Jeffrey Hollar ~ @klingorengi ~ Humor

South Korea Bans/Teaches Evolution by John Wiswell ~ @Wiswell ~ Humor

Space Mountain by Lacy Lalonde ~ @lacylalonde ~ Humor

Tangled Web by Jeffrey Hollar ~ @klingorengi ~ Humor

Telling the Family (Part 1) by Virginia Moffatt ~ @VirginiaMoffatt ~ Unspecified ~ Serial

The Bounty by Icy Sedgwick ~ @icypop ~ Western

The Cages are Calling by Paul Carroll ~ @writeranonymous ~ Fantasy

The Darkness Enters by Leigh M. Lane ~ @LeighMLane ~ Horror ~ Serial

The Empire of the Sea by David Grigg ~ @thenarratorium ~ Science Fiction

The Grey Mile by Tim VanSant ~ @TimVanSant ~ Humor

The Nine of Wands by Apple Ardent Scott ~ @sapplescoot ~ Horror

The Power Of Love by Virginia Harness ~ @YoursFiendishly ~ Humor ~ Debut

The short cut (Part 2) by Steve Green ~ Unspecified ~ Serial

The Wizard’s Prophecy, Chapter 50 by JB Starre ~ @JBStarre ~ Fantasy ~ Serial

Tunnel Visions by Richard Bon ~ @LiminalFiction ~ Slice of Life

Welcome to Boston by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Humor

Windmills by Gail Aldwin ~ @gailaldwin ~ Slice of Life

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