by Joe Mynhardt | Mar 4, 2025 | Open Submissions
Author Jim Gilbert won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme:“For this month’s contest, let’s go ‘Old School.’ I’m talking creature features! Rules are in the definition of the word...
by Joe Mynhardt | Nov 6, 2024 | Open Submissions, Updates
Author Jyl Glenn won last month’s contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme (and we’ll be accepting submissions throughout November and December): “A deserted hallway, an abandoned amusement park, or a mist-covered subway platform at midnight—a place where...
by Joe Mynhardt | Oct 3, 2024 | Open Submissions
Author Denver Wheeler won last month’s contest and has agreed to host. Here is this month’s theme: “The human mind is a fascinating and complex thing—something that hardly any of us fully understands. This month, I want to read stories about the horrors of the human...
by Joe Mynhardt | Sep 3, 2024 | Open Submissions, Updates
Since author Derek Thomas won last month’s contest, he’s hosting this month’s theme: “I have long been fascinated with stories of spooky legends that have been passed through generations. Tales like Baba Lenka, La Llorona, The Headless Horseman and the Kraken send...
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 3, 2024 | Open Submissions, Updates
Since author A.K. Daver won last month’s contest, he opted to host this month’s contest. Here’s his theme: “There is an infinite unknown that lies beyond the stars. A plane of limitless possibility, boundless beauty, and fathomless HORROR!My theme is…...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jun 4, 2024 | Open Submissions, Updates
Last month’s winner, Savannah Fischer has agreed to host! Here’s her theme: “Crystalline waters, white sand, palm trees swaying in the breeze. Your body lilting rhymically, suspended in ultimate relaxation upon your hammock. What could possibly go...
