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We love Fiction Potluck because the submissions are so much fun! Here are October's Fiction Potluck Finalists for the Speculative Holiday challenge.
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October Finalists
Emecheta Christian
Bio coming soon.
Ange Hardenburg
Ange Hardenburg (they/them) is a writer and filmmaker in West Hollywood. They are passionate about creating stories that feature LGBTQ+ characters and explore themes of love, acceptance, and belonging. When not crafting stories, they can be found going on cute dates with their gorgeous wife. You can follow them @Saltiwrites on Instagram.
Katie Kent
Katie Kent has been published in Youth Imagination, Breath and Shadow and Northern Gravy, amongst others, and in anthologies including The Trouble with Time Travel. She won second place in three Writing Magazine competitions, and first place in Fusilli Writing’s flash fiction competition. Her website is at https://www.katiekentwriter.com.
Darragh Metzger
Darragh makes her living in the world's two lowest-paying professions: acting and writing. Her acting credits include stage, screen, and jousting with The Seattle Knights. She has eleven novels, two short story collections, and one non-fiction work available through https://www.tfapress.com. She is married to artist Dameon Willich.
Allison Rott
Allison Rott, (pronounced 'wrote') lives in Illinois. A voracious reader from her own childhood she hasn’t lost her love of stories or the many ways of telling them. allisonwrote.com is the place to find her blog and the information on the six short stories already published.
Avery Timmons
Avery Timmons is an Illinois-based writer holding a BA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. Her short fiction can be found or is forthcoming with Querencia Press, Fiery Scribe Review, Wild Ink Publishing, and other print and online publications. Her debut novel Thicker Than Water, the first in a YA fantasy series, will be published with Wild Ink Publishing in 2025. More information about her work is available on her website at averytimmons8.wixsite.com/my-site.
This quarter is officially sponsored by Duotrope; the first place winner of this quarter's challenge receives Duotrope service for free for two years
(valued at $100)!
Join us here on December 20 for Fiction Potluck Friday
to read the winning pieces!
We're thrilled to work with our amazing Guest Judge, Lisa Fox!
Lisa Fox is a pharmaceutical market researcher by day and fiction writer by night. She survives—and sometimes thrives—in the chaos of suburbia with her husband, two teenage sons, and quirky Double-Doodle dog. She is an award-winning author with two published short fiction collections: Core Truths and Passageways: Short Speculative Fiction, and is frequently a top-placer in The Writer’s Games. You can find Lisa and her work via her website: lisafoxiswriting.com. Connect on Twitter/X @iamlisafox10800.
Core Truths: https://a.co/d/6rhiO1n
Passageways: https://a.co/d/11qodTR