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
