April Flash Fiction – Results

The table continues below with Crime/Western

Story Title

Prompt

Points

Hands

(Act/Event) Teaching…

9

A Most Unlikely Affair

(Act/Event) Horse riding…

8

One More Try

(Act/Event) Time Travelling…

8

The Ballad of Betty and Den

(Act/Event) An ambush…

8

Another Rose

(Act/Event) Time Travelling…

7

The Eye of the Ancestor

(Location) The deck of a Spanish galleon, where the threat of mutiny looms on the horizon…

6

Akelarre

(Location) A witch trial court room, where hysteria consumes the innocent in a frenzy of fanaticism…

6

A Sailor’s Superstition

(Act/Event) Sailing…

6

The Bench

(Act/Event) Time Travelling…

6

A Will, a Way

(Location) An apothecary in Paris, where the secrets of alchemy and herbalism hold the promise of both healing and damnation in the shadows of the medieval city…

6

“Lunatics, Criminals, Paupers and Women May Not Vote”

(Act/Event) Arson…

6

Forsake the Moon

(Act/Event) A siege…

6

Wakashudo

(Location) A Shogun’s palace, where the delicate balance of power is maintained through intrigue, deception, and the swift stroke of a samurai’s blade…

6

Brew for Tea (and Tea for Two)

(Character) A zealous witch hunter…

6

The Green Bride and Her Jack

(Act/Event) A siege…

6

The Waves In The Moonlight

(Act/Event) Betrayal…

5

Eternity

(Character) A reluctant gladiator…

5

THE FAVORED ONE

(Act/Event) Archery…

5

The Sybil and the Eldest

(Location) A viking longhouse, where tales of conquest and glory are told by firelight…

5

Witches Get Fishes

(Act/Event) A murder…

5

Echoes Across The Atlantic

(Act/Event) Sailing…

5

A Journey to Port

(Act/Event) Gambling…

5

As the Carnies Turn

(Act/Event) Arson…

5

La Dama Del Mar

(Location) The deck of a Spanish galleon, where the threat of mutiny looms on the horizon…

5

All’s Fair in Love and Warming

(Location) A caravan stop in the Sahara desert, where traders from distant lands gather to exchange goods and news beneath the blazing sun…

4

Flight Perks

(Act/Event) Flying…

4

Iron Curtain

(Act/Event) Smuggling…

4

It’s Just A Play

(Act/Event) A theatre play…

4

Glory or love

(Act/Event) A bar fight…

3

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-g Shrine, Kamakura Shogunate, Japan, 1336

(Location) A Shogun’s palace, where the delicate balance of power is maintained through intrigue, deception, and the swift stroke of a samurai’s blade…

3

A Squire’s Pride

(Location) A medieval tournament, where knights clad in shining armor clash in the name of honor and glory amidst the cheers of the crowd and the jeers of their rivals…

3

School of Athens

(Location) A philosophy school in Athens, where the greatest minds of antiquity gather to debate the nature of existence…

3

Return to Rome

(Character) A liberated slave…

3

To Alina

(Location) A medieval siege camp, where the horrors of war are laid bare amidst the stench of death and the clamor of battle…

3

Saffron, Ginger, and Cardamon

(Location) A spice market in Cairo, a hustle and bustle of commerce amidst the labyrinthine alleyways of the ancient city…

2

Through Sickness and In Health

(Character) An unskilled healer…

2

Dishonor

(Location) A Shogun’s palace, where the delicate balance of power is maintained through intrigue, deception, and the swift stroke of a samurai’s blade…

2

Burning For Vengeance

(Act/Event) Arson…

9

Depositions Taken In Alamo, Colorado, Regarding Arson on October 4, 1883, Resulting in Destruction of the Tip and Shovel Saloon

(Location) A saloon on the edge of town inviting in both weary travelers and dangerous desperados…

8

Sinking Violet

(Act/Event) Drowning…

7

Westward Escapism

(Character) A vigiliant preacher…

7

Lead Thread and Red Polka Dots

(Location) A booming gold rush town, where the streets are paved with opportunity and every shadow hides both riches and ruin…

7

The Hills of Gold

(Location) A prospector’s camp in the hills, where dreams of striking it rich are overshadowed by the ever-present threat of greed and betrayal…

7

Don’t Cast Your Pearls Before Swine…

(Location) A remote homestead on the prairie, where isolation breeds resilience…

7

Roscoe’s Folly

(Character) A compassionate stagecoach driver…

7

A Man With No Name

(Location) A logging camp in the mountains…

6

Once Upon a Time in the West

(Act/Event) Hunting…

6

Ghost Dance Massacre at Black Hill Mountain

(Act/Event) A feast…

6

The Trial of Bill Hogg

(Location) A logging camp in the mountains…

6

Not All That Shines Is Gold

(Location) A dusty desert town…

5

The Gold Heist Flight

(Location) A ghost town haunted by past tragedies with crumbling buildings and deserted streets…

5

Twisted Fate

(Character) A vigiliant preacher…

5

A Woman of Courage

(Location) A deserted farmstead ravaged by drought, where the bones of livestock litter the barren fields…

5

Out of Darkness Comes Light

(Act/Event) Teaching…

5

The Burglar

(Location) A dusty desert town…

5

Double Cross

(Character) A jovial town drunk…

5

Colt’s decision

(Location) A sheriff’s office in a frontier town, where a lawman’s principles are tested with every passing day…

5

Make Your Destiny

(Location) A sheriff’s office in a frontier town, where a lawman’s principles are tested with every passing day…

5

Diablo’s Last Ride

(Act/Event) Horse riding…

5

Dead Reckoning

(Act/Event) Horse riding…

5

Double crossing Bounty

(Character) A stoic tracker…

4

The Underwhelming Drowning of Eleanor, The Bounty Hunter

(Act/Event) Drowning…

4

A Dirty Business

(Character) An innovative bounty hunter…

4

Esua

(Location) A trading post along a river, where goods are exchanged and shady deals are made…

4

Heart of Glass

(Location) A stagecoach stop in the wilderness…

4

Judgment

(Location) A church in a small settlement, where faith is tested and the line between salvation and damnation grows ever thinner…

3

The Girl in the Night

(Location) A prospector’s camp in the hills, where dreams of striking it rich are overshadowed by the ever-present threat of greed and betrayal…

3

The Dead Man Holds the Key

(Character) A cautious sheriff…

3

The Whisper of Blue Valley

(Location) A railroad construction site, where technological progress carves a path through the wilderness…

3

Hello, My Lovely

(Act/Event) Blackmail…

3

Devil’s Creek

(Location) A booming gold rush town, where the streets are paved with opportunity and every shadow hides both riches and ruin…

2

The disappearance of Jim and the cats of Durango

(Act/Event) Fishing…

2