Announcing the 2025 ScreamAge Horror Flash Fiction Contest Shortlist & Winner

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It’s time to announce the 2025 ScreamAge Horror Flash Fiction Contest shortlist. Thank you to all of this year’s authors for sharing your work with us, and congratulations to the shortlisted stories and the winner below!

The 2025 ScreamAge Horror Flash Fiction Contest Shortlist

Nokoo with “Void Looker”

Michael Tilburn with “Night Frequencies”

Patrick Kevin Day with “My Igor”

Tarek with “A Nightmare on Elmo Street”

Congratulations to these shortlisted authors, and thank you to all of those who entered!

The 2025 ScreamAge Horror Flash Fiction Contest Winner

Of the four authors above, the winner who will see their short story published on ScreenAge Wasteland on Oct. 31, as chosen by our judges William Dhalgren and Marmaduke Karlston, is Patrick Kevin Day with “My Igor”. Congratulations!

Author: Marmaduke Karlston

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