This game is a Christmas tradition, and it was made for writers. It’s simple. You have to give a simile usually and idiom, for example
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Best Holiday Recipes for Writers Contest
his is a new contest, but we thought it would be nice for our upcoming Holiday issue. We want your best recipes on anything.
50 Word Christmas Horror Story Contest
Welcome to our 50 Word Christmas Horror Story Contest. 50 word horror stories are fun to write and fun to read, and we always get a big response. Christmas was creepy at one time, and we honestly just want everyone to have fun writing on our site. If you win you will be in our…
Holiday Horror Haiku Contest
So we know how much all of you love horror haiku. This contest just draws a lot of traffic and interest. Did you know that Christmas was once a creepy holiday? It was filled with ghosts and spooks.
Contest Winners!
Here are the winners of our 2021 contests. These winners and much more, have also been included in our first digital addition of 2021.
Ghostwriter by Jennifer Vanderheyden
The Witch and the Till
I looked for the ‘Ten items or less’ checkout. This one read ‘Four items only,’ so I joined the queue.
Susanna’s Little Ghost
It started with a clock that was facing just slightly the wrong way. Of course, I didn’t think of it like that until much later. At the time I was sleepy and confused because the streetlight outside glinted off the clock’s shiny plastic surface and I couldn’t see what time it was.
Beneath These Boards by Michael Thomas Ellis
I’ve laid by her for ten years now
beneath these creaking boards
an axe between my long-gone eyes
a spectacle of gore.
Double Shift By P.D. Williams
I’m very passionate about the exciting work I get to be a part of each day here at the cloning lab. Everything about it always seems new to me. Mans’ seemingly god-like ability to create life from little more than a strand of DNA and a few tiny cells has intrigued me for a very long time.
Every Poem is a Catastrophe by George Moore
George Moore has published poetry in The Atlantic, Poetry, Colorado Review, North American Review, Valparaiso, and Orion. A finalist for The National Poetry Series
Nocturne by Doug Tanoury
I have been writing poetry all of my life and have been published online and in print. I have also published over twenty chapbooks of poetry, including: Detroit Poems, Chicago Poems and Art History. I live in Detroit, MI and if you were ever to visit Detroit you could see Scott Fountain.
Teachers by Ian Bentwood
The bell went. Class started but only seven of the twelve expected students had arrived. No surprise. Suddenly, Jezebel teleported into her seat at the front.
2021 500 Word Very Scary Story Contest
Welcome to our 2021 500 Word Very Scary Story Contest. Every we used to run this contest every year, but we’ve skipped a few. People are just more interested in writing micro fiction instead of flash fiction these days, but we’ve decided to try again. We are looking for the scariest story you can send us!
Standing on the Porch at Night
Four volumes of Louis Gallo’s poetry, Archaeology, Scherzo Furiant, Crash and Clearing the Attic, are now available. Why is there Something Rather than Nothing? and Leeway & Advent will be published soon. His work appears in Best Short Fiction 2020. A novella, “The Art Deco Lung,” will soon be published in Storylandia.