Flash Fiction Theme for February 2025

Flash Fiction Theme for February 2025

Author Tom Deady won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: “The theme for February is HEARTS in honor of Valentine’s Day. Give me your broken hearts, your cold hearts, your black hearts, your hearts beating...
Flash Fiction winners

Flash Fiction winners

The results are in…1st: “Wailing Mona” by Tom Deady 2nd: “Another Friday Night at the Mall” by Larry Hinkle3rd: “Delirium” by Amanda M. Blake AND “The In Between” by Jules Terry Congrats to these authors. Thank you to everyone who participated, and to those who took...
New Author Signing

New Author Signing

Coming to Crystal Lake in 2026! Can’t say more than that without a pinky promise and a blood sacrifice. Welcome aboard, Jon Cohn!
New Author Signing!

New Author Signing!

Please welcome author Jessica Stone to Crystal Lake Publishing! Jess impressed our entire team with her Author’s Journey novella last year, and after a bit more work and direction from us, we offered her a publishing contract (yes, I know we’re not open...