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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.

As I mentioned last week, we have something special lined up for you tonight.

Not only are we announcing the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest,

but you'll hear the winning stories themselves, too.

As a quick refresher, our Flash Fiction Contest this time around was based on the theme of The Changing Seasons.

And despite a slower start, we had a record number of entries.

Selecting one winner was no easy feat.

Even considering we picked a handful of runners-up, there were more stories that were serious contenders

for the top spots. Thank you to everyone who entered, and for sharing your terrifying tale of the

seasons with us. As with any contest, there have to be winners.

And after much deliberation, we've collected three Runners-Up and one winner to share with you tonight, Children of the Night.

The Runners-Up are presented in no particular order, followed by the winner to cap off our episode.

So, you know what, let's skip the preamble for me this week and get straight to our fiction.

The first runner-up in our changing seasons flash fiction contest comes to us from Frank Orido.

Frank Orido was a writer of weird fiction living in the wilds of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

His work has appeared in the magazine of fantasy and science fiction,

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