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2024 !Short Story Contest!
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What a rip-roarer of a contest we have here— this very Summer— only on Defenestrationism.net .
Though the other main event of this Fall may well decide the fate of empires, we have— here, this very Summer— tales to match the drama of any election.
Surprisingly enough, not a single finalist goes for the throat with political commentary. No, instead, in this Summer’s contest, vengeance will be wrought on historical Imperial enterprises, colonialist explorers will finally find home, and the party will end abruptly.
Yes, through snowflake-love and frozen lust, love and lovers will burn, bosses will kowtow, and murders will be tied in knots of yarn.
So grit your teeth and grip your chair, prepare for the ride of a lifetime (and a please-don’t-ride, or it’s death time), where jobs and deaths— not only human ones— hang by an animal hair.
And be sure to join us every Sunday— Sunday, Sunday, Sunday— throughout the Summer— this very Summer— for weekly postings of the 2024 !Short Story Contest! only on Defenestrationism.net .
Publication Schedule:
Sunday, June 23rd
Leopardus
by Alexandra L. Burris
Sunday, June 30th
60 S 150 W
by Nick Young
Sunday, July 7th
In Hot Water
by Kristina Totten
Sunday, July 14th
The Burn
by Casey Lawrence
Sunday, July 21st
Frozen Asset
by Ahmed A. Khan
Sunday, July 28th
Feng’s Way
by Pamela Christie
Sunday, August 4th
Seeing Grey Horses
by Eli V. Washington
Sunday, August 11th
My Dog Dies Today
by Eros Nocturne
FAN VOTING
August 18th- August 31st
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