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Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN | Judged by Gwen Kirby | Shortlist

by | Oct 20, 2025

This shortlist didn’t come any easier to decide as we received so many great stories with unique premises and characters! There was a great response to this contest, and so many great stories that it took us longer than usual to decide, but we’re excited to share with you the shortlisted titles. We’ll be back with Judge Gwen Kirby’s winners in 4-5 weeks!

Shortlist:

  1. Body Count
  2. What Were You Thinking
  3. The Wreck of the Medusa
  4. Blackboxing
  5. The Weight of Jade
  6. Cat Lady
  7. A Thousand Ways to Eat a Heart or: Is It Worth Going Inside the Sagrada Familia?
  8. Meiyue
  9. Sometimes Grief is a Moonrise
  10. Three Months After Turning Forty
  11. Miss Piggy on the Dashboard
  12. Plaque
  13. Kismet
  14. Lessons from Birth
  15. Advertence
  16. Cranberry Thyme
  17. Grooves
  18. Simulcast
  19. The Cardinal
  20. Tiny God
  21. The Last Wrong Turn
  22. Every Solid Thing Casts a Shadow
  23. Fishy Pants
  24. Dead Mother Card
  25. I Want That Tomorrow
  26. The Pitch Perfect
  27. Pure Trash
  28. L’Emergency Bars
  29. With These Wings I Set Thee Free
  30. Ah Ma is a Reusable Bag

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