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Tales to Terrify 744 Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Contest Winners
Welcome to episode 744 and the results of our Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Contest! We have four runners up and one winner that are sure to chill your marrow.
COMING UP
Good Evening: Flash Fiction Contest, Stoker Awards: 00:01:06
Runner-Up: Argelia Salmon’s Overheard Fragments from the Cryo Bay as read by Seth Williams: 00:04:26
Runner-Up: Eric Fomley’s The Hive Below as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:15:34
Runner-Up: Kay Hanifen’s In the Grey as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:24:38
Runner-Up: Toya L. Walker’s Signal Loss as read by Nicole Swanson: 00:31:00
Winner: Mir Rainbird’s The Station on the Borderzone as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:42:21
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Andrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook Discord
Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord
Toya L. Walker | Organically Grown Queen
Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Orion D. Hegre
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