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“Faith” by David Murdock Bright

FLASH FICTION PRIZE RESULTS

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“PIE”
Beverly Akerman

“Best pie I ever made? Oh, that was on an early summer’s day, like I said, more’n forty years ago now. Ain’t never made another.”  MORE

“I once heard his music guru declare, with tears of joy streaming down his face, that he had nothing more to offer his disciple.”  MORE

“I was 156 when I was five months pregnant. I was 156 after I lost the baby. I thought the hole left in me would have weighed more.”  MORE

HONORABLE MENTION

“STALL”
Audrey Webb

“Katya had hoped for someone who looked more like the American men in films and magazines. At twenty-four, however, she knew . . .”  MORE

HONORABLE MENTION

“LEFT”
Melindy Wynn-Bourne

“’Please,’ she began timidly. ‘May I go to the right? I can work hard. I’m quite strong.’”  MORE

HONORABLE MENTION

“SNIP, SNIP”
Jessica Wortsman

“She closes her eyes to remind herself of why she’s doing this. And there it is, the image seared to the back of her eyelids—Dave and that . . .”  MORE