by Joe Mynhardt | Jun 6, 2025 | Open Submissions
Author Amanda M. Blake won our most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: “The theme this month is Mystical Listicles. This is something I sometimes saw during my fanfiction days. It seems like a perfect structure for flash fiction, and...
by Joe Mynhardt | May 2, 2025 | Open Submissions
Author J.M. Heluk won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: “Satanic Panic”“Bring me back to the “bad” old days of unclean spirits, screamin’ demons, evil entities, Ouija boards, and of...
by Joe Mynhardt | Mar 4, 2025 | Open Submissions
Author Jim Gilbert won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme:“For this month’s contest, let’s go ‘Old School.’ I’m talking creature features! Rules are in the definition of the word...
by Joe Mynhardt | Nov 6, 2024 | Open Submissions, Updates
Author Jyl Glenn won last month’s contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme (and we’ll be accepting submissions throughout November and December): “A deserted hallway, an abandoned amusement park, or a mist-covered subway platform at midnight—a place where...
by Joe Mynhardt | Oct 3, 2024 | Open Submissions
Author Denver Wheeler won last month’s contest and has agreed to host. Here is this month’s theme: “The human mind is a fascinating and complex thing—something that hardly any of us fully understands. This month, I want to read stories about the horrors of the human...
by Joe Mynhardt | Sep 3, 2024 | Open Submissions, Updates
Since author Derek Thomas won last month’s contest, he’s hosting this month’s theme: “I have long been fascinated with stories of spooky legends that have been passed through generations. Tales like Baba Lenka, La Llorona, The Headless Horseman and the Kraken send...
