On the Road:

A Photo Essay by Shannon Chapel

The Enigma Contingency

This is my first year as a NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge participant (I participated in the flash fiction challenge last year, making it to round three).

The SSC is a three-round writing competition that divides participants into 100 groups and provides each…

Sleeping Dogs Lie

This is my first year as a NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge participant. The FFC is a writing competition that divides participants into 60 groups of 35 and provides each group with a different genre, location, and object which must be used in a story of no more than 1,000 words. The stories…

Ted Nugent for President

On March 27, 2014 my husband was driving home from Elko, Nevada, where he works, to Boise, Idaho, where we live…

Innocence Lost

My very first memory is of sitting in the back seat of some station wagon or other as my mother drove and hearing the radio…

Willow, the Green Witch of Gloucester

Willow lifted the cauldron’s lid and peeked over the brim. She closed her eyes, inhaling…

You Can Sleep While I Drive

“She’s not breathing. Code blue! Get the crash cart!”

Noah’s Ark

Imagine you’re lying on a soft rubber raft in the middle of the ocean. The day is warm; the sea calm. You close your eyes and dip your…

Beneath a Dark and Ruinous Sky

This is my first year as a NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge participant. The FFC is a writing competition that divides participants into 60 groups of 35 and provides each group with a different genre, location, and object which must be used in a story of no more than…

My Dearest Laura,

It’s a trade off, but nobody tells you that. Sure, you know it deep down, but you tell yourself you can have both. You rationalize and…