Open Voting Flash Fiction Contest #32 - 'The Island'

Voting is now open for Flash Fiction Contest #32 which had the theme of 'The Island'. Please take the time to read the entries and vote for your favourite piece!

Thank you to all the people who entered! Please read these entries and vote for the one you think is the most
deserving of the bunch. Please do not vote for you own. Voting ends on the 1st of May at 6pm EST. Remember that this contest will be public and you cannot see the vote tally until after you have voted. Please make sure to vote and encourage others to as well.

Good luck to everyone!


Shipwreck [450 Words]

Borges Island (La isla de Borges) [448 Words]

Welcome to Stalebrook [450 Words]

Space Marooned [379 Words]

The Island of My Mind [258 Words]

Her Island [450 Words]

Null Land [449 words]

Ibiza [470 Words]

Coconuts Are Stupid [366 Words]

A Father Remembered [448 words]

 

Can you read this symbol story?

 

No one? It's not that hard. Here's a hint, the poll closes in 7.5 hours!!!

 

I honestly have no clue, but I'll take a stab at it since no one else has.

After reading Harry Potter in a room with very little oxygen, I held up my octopus hands in joy and decided to write a story in a room with slightly more oxygen. Everyone thought it was a great idea, and I got many hugs of support because my disability of having octopus hands made people like me. That was until the black market organ snatcher showed up in his hat and shades ready to chop off my octopus hands and sell them to the highest bidder. The auction ended in six hours so the organ snatcher had to move quickly.

Is that at least in the ballpark?

 

Not in the ballpark but definitely a fun read.

 

Here's another clue: The symbol story is relevant to this thread.

 

Well I thought it was obvious

Read / think / enjoy / vote / Thanks from the authors / Consoling the losers / Winner tips hat.

 

Darn close!

- Read - Yes, read the contest stories.
- Think - Yes, think about which one you want to vote for.
- Enjoy --- Nope, not that I don't think readers will enjoy the stories. There are some good ones there.
- Vote - Yes!
- Thanks from the authors - Yes!
- Consoling the losers --- Nope, not what I had in mind, but I like that story version.
- Winner tips hat --- Nope, close again but not the winner.

 

I suppose this one could be congratulating the winner.
This could be tipping a hat to those that took the time to vote.
There are all sorts of things this one could mean. Cheering for: a character, a story, or maybe it's not cheering and those are actually hand weights. It's exercising while waiting for the votes to come in. Hell... I don't know.

 

Close enough to win.

- Read - Yes, read the contest stories.
- Think - Yes, think about which one you want to vote for.
- Enjoy --- Nope. Cheering the voters on to vote.
- Vote - Yes!
- Thanks from the authors - Yes!
- Congratulating the winner. - Yes!
- Tipping a hat to those that took the time to vote. - Yes!



Four and a half hours left to vote, one chance to break a tie and four chances to to make a three-way.

 

And when was the last time you had four chances at a three-way?

(Gotta love a great straight line.)

 

Still time left folks to make someone's day.

 

Is voting still open? It says the deadline is past but it also says it's still open.

 

Our contest mod is MIA but I consider Welcome to Stalebrook to be the winner and it wouldn't be fair if that author lost when voting should have been closed. I don't have mod powers in this subforum. @Lilly James Haro has a busy university schedule. She'll be around soon.

 

Hello, I am not dead and I am very very sorry that the contests have not been updated. They will be updated now and results posted. Thank you @GingerCoffee for holding the fort