Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Judged by Dan Chaon Longlist

Congrats to all of our long-listed writers! Your story stood out to our readers and editors, and we’re excited to continue reading to find the perfect shortlist to send to Judge Dan Chaon!

Longlist:

1. Temptation
2. a white horse runs without its rider
3. The Bureau of Exiled Ghosts
4. Closed for the Season
5. The Walker at Night
6. Wolfie
7. Bakunawa and the Seven Sisters
8. Pinning a Soul
9. Windows into the Solar System
10. In the Hedgerow
11. Reckoner
12. Disenchanted
13. Out of the Woods
14. Just Right
15. Kelpie
16. Triple Body Walking
17. Little Red Cap
18. Pip
19. Mercy
20. Song
21. The Ethics of Hematophagy
22. What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks
23. Some Vision of Horror
24. My Mother the Sea
25. The Hand
26. Zen Lyrics for the Carhartt Guru
27. Mother and Daughter
28. Seed of the Starchild
29. The Host
30. Immortal Aubade
31. The Ghost of No Regret
32. Almalette
33. The Tea Witch and the Heartless Gentleman
34. The Return
35. A Curse For The Merrow
36. The 6:42 A.M. Caltrain from San Jose
37. The Invisible Wild
38. The Candles and Safe
39. OWL FANTASMA
40. One More Day to Stay