We had so much fun reading for this unique contest! The collision of nature and humanity was felt throughout every story in this contest! Here are our longlisted titles of 34 stories we couldn’t let go of! We’ll have our shortlisted titles out in the next week, and those will be shipped off with care to judge Shelby Van Pelt for her final choices!
- She Who Speaks With Death
- The Meeps Arrive in Maryville
- Blood of Crow
- The Son of Salt and Seaweed
- Her Crows
- Haint Hound
- The Snail Queen
- Devil’s Purse
- Batland
- The Caddisfly
- The Witch of the Woods
- The Only Examenologist
- Flying Fish
- Tunnel Vision
- Fox Crossing
- Doing Dishes with the Dead
- Sara’s Body
- Cravings
- Tide of the Taniwha
- Heads & Tails: The Unvarnished Truth Concerning Frogs & Fortune
- Door Ajar
- Trapped
- Jojo the Chicken
- Devil, Death, Candy, Pet
- The Giant Schnauzer
- Ground Hawks are Dromaeosaurs
- Honey
- Positive Training
- Live Trap
- Big Moose
- Bob’s Friends
- The Fox Bead
- Halogi, a (mostly) true story
- The Mimic