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

By Fractured Lit

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…

What Might Turn

By Lydia Gwyn

My face turns into my aunt’s face as I age. Now we know what she would have looked like at…

The Call

By Suchi Rudra

Clouds like spores riding the gusts of wind, still raining, no beach today. We’re lying on the couch together, heads…

Medusa

By Caroline Beuley

When I grew breasts, I stopped taking the bus to school. Instead I walked along the edge of the wetlands…

Joan of Arc is Channeling God and Teaching you to make S’mores

By Christy Tending

Let’s say they believed her. Let’s say she was born into a different age. That she wasn’t the one who…

The Unction

By Z. K. Abraham

We carry out the unction for our aging father on the dining room table, anointing him with a variety of…

Nightjar

By Christina D’Antoni

I ran over a nightjar with my car. It wasn’t my fault—it sat there roosting in the right lane of…

2024 Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Shortlist

By Fractured Lit

Twenty-five fresh and original takes on this contest’s themes are headed to our guest, Judge Aimee Bender! We can’t wait…

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