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A Grab Bag of Favorites for the Flash Peek

It’s happening! We’re smackdab in the Flash Peek Weekend of January 2025 *confetti* and we are so excited to unlock the doors to the Havok members-only collection and share the treasure inside: over 1,700 stories in our five favorite genres. But that’s a LOT of stories, and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start.

So we’re offering a grab bag of some Havok Staff favorites. If you want a peek into what the Havok team loves to read—here you go! Enjoy the stories!

Mystery Monday

“The Collector” by Michael Teasdale

  • Published on 10/9/2023
  • Season Them: Season 10: Legendary, Legendary Things
  • Recommended by: Jenneth Leed, Senior Graphic Designer

“The Cover Was Blue” by C.O. Bonham

  • Published on 5/6/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 1: Rebirth, Recover
  • Recommended by: Rose Q. Addams, Contest Coordinator

“Behind the Glass” by Rose Q. Addams

  • Published on 10/18/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season 6: Casting Call
  • Recommended by: the author herself–her favorite of her own stories, at least in this moment.

“Dermis” by Jim Doran

  • Published on 11/7/2022
  • Season/Theme: Season 8: Vice & Virtue, Gluttony & Temperance
  • Recommended by: Maia Chandler, Thriller Thursday Editor

“Once Upon a Pumpkin” by Beka Gremikova

  • Published on 6/21/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season Five: Prismatic, Orange
  • Recommended by: Rose

“Siege of the Dead” by Kristiana Sfirlea

  • Published on 11/11/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 2: Stories That Sing, 1990’s
  • Recommended by: Teddi Deppner, Marketing Kraken

“The Watchman” by Hannah Robinson

  • Published on 9/27/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season 6: Casting Call, Creator/Explorer
  • Recommended by: Jenneth

Techno Tuesday

“A Peace of the Stars” by Victoria Roberts

  • Published on 11/7/2023
  • Season/Theme: Season 10: Legendary, Legendary Creatures
  • Recommended by: Maia

“A Symphony of Words” by Kerry Nietz

  • Published on 1/1/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 1: Rebirth, Rebirth
  • Recommended by: Caroline Chandler, Graphic Designer

“Always the Future” by Patrick M. Fitzgerald

  • Published on 10/20/2020
  • Season/Theme: Season 4: Sensational, Sixth Sense
  • Recommended by: Maia

“Life Cycle 63” by Just B. Jordan

  • Published on 1/22/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 1: Rebirth
  • Recommended by: Teddi

“Mothership” by L. N. Weldon

  • Published on 7/23/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 2: Stories That Sing, 1950’s
  • Recommended by: Teddi

“Sensory Overload” by Jordan Foster

  • Published on 10/1/2024
  • Season/Theme: Season 11: Remember When, Remember October
  • Recommended by: Caroline

“Words” by Katherine Vinson

  • Published on 4/16/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 1: Rebirth, Reform
  • Recommended by: Rose and Teddi

Wacky Wednesday

“Amber Eyes” by Hannah Muldery

  • Published on 12/15/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season 6: Casting Call, Innocent/Sage
  • Recommended by: Tracy Erler, Newsletter Writer

“Everything’s Cooler With Armor” by A. C. Williams

  • Published on 1/29/2020
  • Season/Theme: Season 3: Bingeworthy, Dynamic Duos
  • Recommended by: Caroline

“Of Life and Breakfast” by A. R. Hildebrand

  • Published on 1/23/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 1: Rebirth, Rebirth
  • Recommended by: Rose

“Mount Rushmore Mania” by Katie Fitzgerald

  • Published on 12/27/2023
  • Season/Theme: Season 10: Legendary, Legendary Mix
  • Recommended by: Tracy

“The Recycling Room” by Lisa Godfrees

  • Published on 7/8/2020
  • Season/Theme: Season 4: Sensational, Touch
  • Recommended by: Maia

“Sir Gawain and the Green Thumb” by Beka Gremikova

  • Published on 3/24/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season Five: Prismatic, Green
  • Recommended by: Rose

“Zombie Road Trip” by Caleb A. Robinson

  • Published on 1/25/2023
  • Season/Theme: Season 9: World Tour, The Americas
  • Recommended by: Tracy

Thriller Thursday

“Bamba, Bamba” by Skye Hoffert

  • Published on 7/4/2019
  • Season/Theme: Season 2: Stories That Sing, 1950’s
  • Recommeded by: Tracy

“The Cupid Killer” by Lincoln Reed

  • Published on 2/22/2024
  • Season/Theme: Season 11: Remember When, Remember February
  • Recommended by: Jenneth

Fantasy Friday

“A Ghost’s Guide to Haunted Hugs” by Kristiana Sfirlea

  • Published on 10/2/2020
  • Season/Theme: Season 4: Sensational, Sixth Sense
  • Recommended by: Rose & Teddi

“Pay the Piper” by Beka Gremikova

  • Published on 8/13/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season 6: Casting Call, Hero/Magician
  • Recommended by: Rose

“Prince of Bees” by Beka Gremikova

  • Published on 1/15/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season 5: Prismatic, Yellow
  • Recommended by: Rose & Teddi

“The Redwood Restoration” by Emily Barnett

  • Published on 6/2/2023
  • Season/Theme: Season 9: World Tour, Sky’s the Limit
  • Recommended by: Tracy

“Sparks” by H. M. Hershberger

  • Published on 7/26/2024
  • Season/Theme: Season 11: Remember When, Remember July
  • Recommended by: Caroline and Liz Arceo, Fantasy Friday Editor

“Wise Man” by Aletta Silver

  • Published on 12/25/2020
  • Season/Theme: Season 4: Sensational, Sight
  • Recommended by: Rose

Staff Saturday

“The Screwtech Letters” by Beka Gremikova

  • Published on: 7/10/2021
  • Season/Theme: Season 6: Casting Call, Ruler/Rebel
  • Recommended by: Rose

Weeellll? What did you think? Do we have any favorites you want to share? Comment below; we love hearing from you all.

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  • Thank you for the callout on my story “Dermis.” (Fun fact at the end.)
    Truly, there are many, many beloved stories on this site. My apologies in advance of the many I have forgotten. But here are a few more:

    Ghost of the Golf Course – Kristiana Sfirlea (first story I ever read)
    No More Tears – Abagail Falanga
    Orange You Glad – Krysta Tawlks (re-read this one and remember how fun it is)
    Those Unseen – Rachel Dib
    Plucky Purple Ponytail – Teddi Deppner
    Cadenza – Hailey Huntington
    The Mayor’s Wife – Stoney Setzer
    Jester’s Maze – Lincoln Reed

    “Dermis” was first conceived in high school for an homage to Creepshow comic book. The story was a one-pager of a comic book we (me – author / he – artist) were trying to put together and never did. And it finally found a home here.

  • I haven’t been the most consistent reader on this site, but these are some of my favorites out of the ones I’ve read:

    – The Doomsday Prophet by Stoney M. Setzer
    – Echoes of Freedom by Emily Hutnyak
    – Soldier’s Blood is Poet’s Crimson by Grace Sweeney
    – Anacrusis by Emily Hutnyak
    – Harvest Song by Hannah Birss
    – Not Heartless Yet by Emily Hutnyak
    – Wishes by Emily Hutnyak
    – July Fool’s Day by John Leatherman
    – September Fool’s Day by John Leatherman
    – Eye on the Ball by Stoney M. Setzer

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