Resistance is in the air lately, and in the case of our Flash Rage contest, it’s made for some great art. This time around we asked for stories of rebellion, revolution, and revenge. You answered that call with one of our strongest contests to date, and the ten stories you’ll find below reflect the high quality of submissions that came from around the world, with entries received from the USA, U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, Kenya, Israel, Thailand, and Korea.

Keep your eyes peeled for our second annual Shadow Award poetry contest, which will open within a few days. And our next quarterly flash fiction contest will be open shortly after that.

“We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!“

– The Editor

1st Place

by Christopher Stanley

2nd Place

by Lazarus Gray

3rd Place

by Philip Webb Gregg

Honorable Mentions:

4th – Healing Powers

by Timothy Gustafson

5th – The Memory of Elephants

by Christina Dalcher

6th – Illumination

by Jessica Granger

7th – Welcome to Europe

by S.K. Azoulay

8th – Lydia and Jacob

by Fred Nolan

9th – Better This Way

by Christina Dalcher

10th – No Names Left to Say

by Lisa Mecham