The story of the week for May 8 to 12 is…

The fortune-teller’s daughter, pt. 1 by Guy Preston

Part 1, indeed.

The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.

The finalists for April were:

Canned Laughter by Daniel DiFranco
Window Shopper by Susan Gale Wickes
To Err is Human by Munira Sayyid
Just a slight increase by M.K. Vinne

The winner of the April 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Window Shopper

The story is well crafted, with a strong parallelism and effective emotional hooks.

The story of the week for May 1 to 5 is…

Look Upon My Works by Bill Cox

The story of the week for April 24 to 28 is…

Just a slight increase by M.K. Vinne

The story of the week for April 17 to 21 is…

To Err is Human by Munira Sayyid

The story of the week for April 3 to 7 is…

Canned Laughter by Daniel DiFranco

A casually light introduction leading into a dark twist. Tried and true.

The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.

The finalists for March were:

Constellations by Jonathan Kosik
Mothering Sundae by Tamsin Seymour
The Feeling of Guilt Felt in Private by a Child by John Gabriel Adkins
Faster Than Life by James P. Spitznogle
My Father, the Strongman by Bob Thurber

The winner of the March 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Constellations

Simply beautiful. Simply heartrendingly beautiful.

The story of the week for March 27 to 31 is…

My Father, the Strongman by Bob Thurber

I’ve never seen another author build up character and backstory as efficiently and consistently as Bob Thurber. Another great piece.

The story of the week for March 20 to 24 is…

Faster Than Life by James P. Spitznogle

Well-delivered sci fi with a powerful kicker.