The grand-prize winner of this year’s Indie 500 flash fiction contest is “Lucky Stars,” by Black Mountain-based author Amy Manikowski. The runners up are “Winsome,” by Eugene McLaughlin and “Small-town Superhero Trains a Sidekick,” by Zack Lindsey.
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The grand-prize winner of this year’s Indie 500 flash fiction contest is “Lucky Stars,” by Black Mountain-based author Amy Manikowski. The runners up are “Winsome,” by Eugene McLaughlin and “Small-town Superhero Trains a Sidekick,” by Zack Lindsey.