Stories That Sing: Winning Stories

We published 142 stories for Season Two: Stories That Sing. Now, we couldn’t be happier to congratulate our thirty-one contest winners! Their stories will be published alongside our Featured Authors and Staff Features in our upcoming Season Two: Stories That Sing anthology!

But first, we want to take a moment to announce our Season Two Super Reader. This individual correctly guessed the most songs over the season. Thank you, JILLIAN PONCHOT, for reading, commenting, and encouraging our authors! We hope you’ll enjoy your $50 Amazon gift card, which you should receive via email this week.

Without further ado, here are the winning stories, along with the songs that inspired them!

1950’s (July)

• Woman of Letters by A. K. R. Scott – “The Book of Love”
• What Happens in Las Veggies… by J. L. Ender – “Blue Suede Shoes”
• Ties That Bind by Stephanie Scissom – “I Walk the Line”
• Mothership by L.N. Weldon – “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
• Salty by Michael Dolan – “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”

1960’s (August)

• Fire and Stone by Zachary Holbrook – “Puff, the Magic Dragon”
• The Game by C.S. Wachter – “Sympathy for the Devil”
• Everyone’s a Henry by Charles Frierman – “I’m Henry the VIII I am”
• Ruined Boys by Brianna Tibbetts – “House of the Rising Sun”
• Old Fashioned Letters by Dalia Grigorescu – “Return to Sender”

1970’s (September)

• Weaver of Dreams by Jebraun Clifford – “Dream Weaver”
• Stealer of Secrets by Cassandra Hamm – “Message in a Bottle”
• Identity by Abigail Falanga – “Let It Be”
• Taller Than Ever by J. L. Ender – “The Little People Work” (instrumental from Star Wars soundtrack)
• The Devil Tries Again by R. F. Grammon – “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
• Slippers by Abigail Falanga – “No More Tears (Enough is Enough)”

1980’s (October)

• Reign’s End by Ayame Whitfield – “King of Pain”
• From the Mind of the Dead by Josiah Dyck – “Always Something There to Remind Me”
• Rave by Justin Mynheir – “Dancing In The Dark”
• Fail-Safe by Nathan Conlon – “Metal Gods”
• Dinner for Two by Katie Robles – “Every Breath You Take”

1990’s (November)

• Mischievous Fire by Josiah Dyck – “Night of Fire”
• Siege of the Dead by Kristiana Y. Sfirlea – “Zombie”
• Careful What You Hunt For by Emily Grant – “Genie In A Bottle”
• Skinthief by Cassandra Hamm – “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
• Rubbed the Wrong Way by Laurie Lucking – “Genie in a Bottle”

Open Mic Night (December)

• Mine by Sophia Hansen – “Earth Angel”
• A Good Night to Be Alive by Meaghan E. Ward – “Who Let the Dogs Out”
• Darksoul by Rachael Kemme – “Mirror Girl”
• The End of Everything by Edward Sand – “Somewhere Only We Know”
• Peanut Butter Paralysis by A. C. Williams – “I’m a Believer”

Astute readers will notice that all of the months have 5 winners, with the exception of one month with 6 winners. One might speculate that the month with 6 winners might include one of our Editors’ or Readers’ Award Winners. We can neither CONFIRM nor deny the veracity of that supposition at this time. So, stay tuned…