Flash Tales #26: The Cold Message

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Evan Henry // 1 Comment

We’re shaking things up this week with a prompt from Flash Tales contributor S. R. Laubrea!

PROMPT: It’s a little after 9 in the morning. The doorbell rings, and there on the porch stands a man in a suit and a woman dressed in a skirt and blouse. Right away you know who they are and why they’re there: they brought a message – a message you don’t want to hear. Write a 1,500-word story about who these people are, what they have to say, and how their message impacted your character.

GENRE: Open

WORD COUNT: <1,500 words

DEADLINE: 11:59pm, Thursday, July 2, 2015

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Evan Henry is a graduate student in English at the University of Virginia, where he works on the legacy of eugenics and scientific racism in American pop culture. As Head of Publishing for Black Ship Books he seeks to further social analysis of popular culture and develop new and unique voices in both creative and critical writing. His credits include Broken Frontier, the Virginia Literary Review, and numerous small publishers of fantasy and science fiction. His short story collection The Great City will be released this summer.

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