We’re thrilled to once again present you with a Halloween mega-issue. This year’s Flash Fear contest was filled with the ghastly and otherworldy, and the stories you’ll find below are as unsettling as they are addictive. Another great international turnout overall, and our Top 10 features writers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.
Keep an eye out in the coming week or two for details on our next quarterly contest, and our second annual Prize Winners print anthology will be out at the end of November. But without further ado, let’s turn to these ten tales of the mad and macabre
“Hi, Lloyd. Little slow tonight isn’t it?“
– The Editor
1st Place
The Taxidermist’s Only Son
by Caroline Smith
2nd Place
Black Stained Glass
by S.E. Casey
3rd Place
Masks
by Aeryn Rudel