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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome. Well, it's the moment you've all been waiting for. After all of the lead-up and submission reminders, we've selected the winner of our first ever Flash Fiction Contest. We had over

50 entries and some amazingly well-crafted tales. And while Associate Editors Meredith and Julia had a great time reading through them,

picking just one to be our winner, well, it was a challenge.

So while just one author takes home the crown and the prize,

we've selected three runners-up, we're certain you'll love too.

Our grand prize winner is a story called simply Plague by author Nicola Capron of Nanaimo, British

Columbia.

Congratulations, Nicola, and thanks for submitting your fantastic tale.

We'll be producing Nicholas story for an upcoming episode, and thanks for submitting your fantastic tale. We'll be producing Nicola's story for an upcoming episode, and I'm sure you'll love it as much as we did. Joining Nicola on that episode

will be three runners-up. Erica Rupert's story, The Wind, the Sand, John Waits, Exhibit Label, and Frauka Ullembruch's Skin Suits.

Congratulations to each of you.

It'll take a little time to get the stories narrated and put together, but keep an ear out

for our special Plague Flash Fiction episode in the coming months.

And again, thank you so much to everyone who entered.

Speaking of special thanks, a huge shout out this week to patrons Alexei Gladilovich and Karen Bernosa,

as well as to three of our newest patrons,

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