It's a really cool concept: A 300-word story should be easy, right? Many of our entrants say it’s the hardest thing they’ve ever written. Queer Sci Fi's Annual Flash Fiction Contest challenges authors to write a complete LGBTQ speculative fiction micro-story on a specific theme.
"Flight" leaves much for the authors to interpret—winged creatures, flight and space vehicles, or fleeing from dire circumstances. Some astonishing stories were submitted—from horrific, bloodcurdling pieces to sweet, contemplative ones—and all LGBTQ speculative fiction. The stories in this anthology include AI’s and angels, winged lions and wayward aliens. Smart, snappy slice of life pieces written for entertainment or for social commentary.
Join us for brief and often surprising trips into 110 speculative fiction authors’ minds. The book us available in eBook form (4.99), and will soon be available in paperback with b/w illustrations inside (12.99) and in a special collector's edition with color illustrations (24.99).
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Excerpt
What good is flight when there is no from
or to; when the ‘from’ is gone and the ‘to’ far too far? Better, perhaps,
simply to stay. But what if there is nowhere to stay?
Weary.
So weary. Weary of flying and weary of staying. Perhaps, then, better to fall. No!
Better to fly; to fly until there is no more flying in me, and then–– Darkness
awaits wherever, but I am not one to submit. That’s my curse.
“Wait up.”
Oh
no.
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