Abandoned Themed Flash Longlist

Thank you to everyone that entered. We received 172 entries this time, and enjoyed reading each one.

Congratulations to everyone whose story appears on our longlist. If your story appears below, please don’t tell us as we’re still reading anonymously!

1. A Space in my Heart
2. An Alternative History of Curses and Serpents
3. Cessation
4. Connections
5. Distant Sounds
6. Dover Beach
7. Echo
8. Flight
9. For Alfred
10. Full Moon
11. It’s My Skin
12. It Was the Horse That Killed Her
13. Learning to Count
14. No More Towns or Mountains
15. No Room for Error
16. On the Way
17. Sea Shanty
18. She Didn’t Look Back
19. Six Things I Abandoned by the Time I Was 31
20. Skógafoss
21. Space Raiders
22. The Artist
23. The Bunker
24. The Disappearing Act
25. The Dog With No Name
26. The Foundling
27. The Mortal Air
28. The Rotting
29. The Thoughts That Matter
30. The Value of Things
31. The Weight of Silence
32. Two Selves

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We’ll announce the shortlist by the end of May. In the meantime, for more flash fun, check out our upcoming quarterly flash competition here. The deadline’s 28th June, so there’s plenty of time to get writing!