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Enter the CrimeCalls™ Flash Fiction Contest

Theme: “One Missed Call: A Christmas Crime.” 100–1,000 words, free, one story per person, open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and D.C. who are 18 or older. Entries close December 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Arizona time.

Please read the Official Rules before you enter. Keep your own copy of your story. We never ask for payment details.

Your name (or the pen name you want shown if you win) Your email (we only use it to contact you about your entry) Story title Your story (paste plain text; don’t include your name)

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