January was the first month of our groundbreaking (universe-breaking?) new flash fiction contest based on characters prompts, Havok Season 12: Multiversal. We invited a cadre of our favorite imaginations–er, award-winning authors, that is–to create a character specifically for this contest!
January’s Featured Character: Joe Enza
All month long, our readers enjoyed different takes on Joe Enza. Our Editor in Chief, Andrew Winch, worked with our editorial teams to select the strongest stories, and Joe Enza’s creator picked “The Maker’s Favorite” from the top five!
Joe Enza is the brainchild of acclaimed science fiction author Kerry Nietz. Kerry did Havok the honor of writing our very first published story when we launched in 2019: A Symphony of Words. He has twelve speculative novels in print, along with two novellas, a handful of short stories, and a non-fiction book, FoxTales. Kerry’s novel A Star Curiously Singing won the Readers Favorite Gold Medal Award for Christian Science Fiction and is notable for its dystopian, cyberpunk vibe in a world under sharia law. It is often mentioned on “Best of” lists.
Among his writings, Kerry’s most talked about is the genre-bending Amish Vampires in Space. AViS was mentioned on the Tonight Show and in the Washington Post, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Newsweek called it “a welcome departure from the typical Amish fare.”
Here’s a peek at the Joe Enza character profile that sparked the January stories:
The Winning Stories
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Here are the winning stories from each of our daily genres. If you’re a Havok member, tap or click the image to read the story!
Mystery Monday
Techno Tuesday
Thriller Thursday
Fantasy Friday
And the “Maker’s Favorite”, selected by Kerry Nietz:
Wacky Wednesday
Congratulations to all the winners!
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- read the winning stories
- enjoy the full year of stories
- participate in our reader contests (with great prizes!)
- and explore our entire collection of over 1,700 flash fiction stories at your leisure.
WRITERS NOTE: If you’re a writer, head over to our Season Themes page to see the latest contest details. We’d love to see you submit a story to the Multiversal contest!
P.S. If you are a winner listed above and didn’t receive the notification we sent via email, please check your junk mail folder and whitelist @gohavok.com
Congratulations, Pamela and all the winners.
Thanks so much for this honor!
Congratulations to a multiversity of winners!
Thanks!