If you’re reading this then that means a vast nuclear arsenal is now in the tiny hands of a rancid circus peanut. Good times. Thankfully, in response to the orange menace, we here at The Molotov Cocktail believe in channeling doomsday angst into some dark and offbeat art. We’re always pleased to be transported to the strange and surreal places that you writers take us, and this contest you’ve really outdone yourselves. Another strong global turnout, with our Top 10 featuring four writers living in the US, three in the UK, two in Canada and one in Japan.
Assuming the world’s still spinning this fall, these stories will all be featured in our third annual Prize Winners Anthology print issue. You can grab our recently released Vol. 2 here. A great way to stave off madness while in quarantine or confined to a subterranean bunker.
“But I do say, no more than 10 to 20 million killed. Tops.”
– The Editor
1st Place
The End Is Always
by Philip Webb Gregg
2nd Place
One Last Decision
by Bill Adler Jr.
3rd Place
Burn
by Rachel Cassidy
Honorable Mentions:
4th – Wernicke 27X
by Christina Dalcher
5th – Right Number
by Aaron Housholder
6th – The Ballad of James Malloy
by GJ Hart
7th – An Incident on Dover Street
by Aeryn Rudel
8th – The Remnant Bloom
by James Guthrie
9th – In Dreams
by Sherry Morris
10th – Starve
by Nicolas Poynter
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