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Fractured Lit Work/Play Challenge Winner and Shortlisted Writers

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The winner is The Breakfast Shift at the Usual New York Diner by Debra A. Daniel! Thank you, and congratulations…

What I’m Saying Is

By Jeffrey Hermann

There’s a beautiful beach. You get there by walking through a shady path, and then you’re on the soft sand.…

The Guy in the Redwood Water Tank

By Melissa Llanes Brownlee

I once fucked a guy in a redwood water tank. The kind that once held water caught from rain, maybe…

Fractured Lit Anthology Volume 4 Winners

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We’re so excited to announce our Anthology 4 winners! Judge Morgan Talty chose 20 stories to be published both online…

The Astronaut Shops

By Dustin M. Hoffman

The astronaut pushes a wire cart through the supermarket. Their body is obscured beneath the thick, radiation-proof fabric. Their face…

Chaos

By Patricia Q. Bidar

1. The fourth-grade mothers learn that one of the fourth-grade girls, Jade, is missing. Their sons and daughters announce this…

Fractured Lit Work/Play Challenge Shortlist

By Fractured Lit

We have narrowed down the total submissions for this challenge to 12 stories for the shortlist. We’re making final decisions…

2024 Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Winners and Finalists

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We’re so thankful to partner with Judge Aimee Bender on this prize. She was so impressed with the shortlisted stories…

The Tide House

By Travis Flatt

My daughter’s walking me through her sandcastle. She brings me in through the garage weight room, which opens up into…

Portrait, Sleep

By Tara Isabel Zambrano

After she gave birth, she could hardly sleep because she was either leaking milk or blood, or both at the…

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