The Flash Fiction 40 Anthology presented by Editor Unleashed & Smashwords is now live on the Smashwords site!
Click here to view the anthology free on Smashwords. You can also download it in a wide variety of formats including for the Kindle and other eReaders.
I’ve so enjoyed this experience with Smashwords and highly recommend it as a wonderful resource every writer should consider. And a special thanks to a great friend to writers—Mark Coker of Smashwords—who enthusiastically sponsored this contest and helped out in more ways than I can count.
Congratulations to the 40 writers whose stories are included in this anthology:
Grand Prize: Fairy Tales, by Laurel Wilczek
At Last, By Nina Perez
Being a Cop, Langley McKelvy
Blind Justice, Jessica A. Weiss
The Brain Eaters, Terri Lynn Coop
Buck and the Twee Fairies of Interstate 20, Gary Cuba
Circles, David Gillett
Defection, Linda Wastila
Dreaming Lies to Change the Truth, kaolin fire
Fate’s Heavy Hand, Jim Bernheimer
Food of the Gods, judy b.
Frangible Choices, Kemari M. Howell
Grief Observed, Laurita Miller
Guardian Demon, Jeanne Tomlin
Mirror, Mirror, Greta Igl
Monday, Selena Kitt
Night Becomes the City, M.P. Berry
In the Nuthouse, d o’brien
Parklife, AlanBaxter
Pirated Twinkies, Shannon Esposito
Pure White, Stephen Book
Reflection, R.J. Keller
Rough Trade, Stephen Nicholson
Running on the Iron Rooster, Michael J. Solender
Sales Call, Graham Storrs
Savor the Moment, Greg Stoll
Sign Language, Linda Courtland
Sportsmen, John Towler
Ten One-hundreds of a Second, Deborah Bundy
The Distraction, Donald Conrad
The Mercantile Exchange, Kim Beck
The Nearest Thing, John Wiswell
The Vial, Tom Bentley
The Vigil of Clouds, Eros-Alegra Clarke
Time for a Change, Carol Benedict
‘Tis the Season, John Marfink
Unscrambling Love, Angel Zapata
Wake up, Please, Jemma Everyhope
What’s in a Name, Mark Souza
When Don Cristobal Eduardo Stabbed his Wife and her Lover, Christopher Sutcliffe
So check out this collection and the 40 writers who contributed. I know you’ll be seeing these names again.
Happy reading! And remember, the best compliment you can pay a writer is to share his stories with your friends.
-Maria Schneider
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Wow. This journey began back in May. Kudos to EU and Smashwords for sponsoring and all who participated. Thanks for the great experience!
Maria, thank you very much for all your efforts, and big thanks to Mr. Coker as well.
YAY! Thanks Maria and Mark! And mostly, thanks to all the writers who participated. Who says the short story is dead?
Peace, Linda
I’m looking forward to reading the book as a whole.
Well done Maria and Mark. You guys have done a top job from start to finish with this – I’m really proud to be a part of it.
Fantastic to see the fruition of all the writing, voting, judging and editing. Great Job Maria and Mark. I’m looking forward to reading each story again. It was a pleasure to participate in the contest and to be a part of this anthology.
Congrats to everyone for placing in the top 40!
Ravenne