1. “BENEATH THE CRACKS”
Nicole Disney, Denver, Colo.
2. “FREE WHITE MILK”
Talya Tate Boerner, Fayetteville, Ark.
3. “MAPLE”
Charlotte MacFarlane, Alberta, Canada
4. “CAUGHT”
Julie Watson, Wildwood, Mo.
5. “AMERICAN SPECIAL”
John K. Boy, South Lyon, Mich.
6. “GOODBYE, BETTY 4.0”
Madeline Vann, Williamsburg, Va.
7. “AVOIDING THE BOUQUET”
Leslie DeVooght, Jacksonville, Fla.
8. “THE LAST WORD”
Tracy Maxwell, Edmonds, Wash.
9. “LITTLE BUGS”
Cody D. Campbell, Corvallis, Ore.
10. “ONE STEP FORWARD”
Zulma Ortiz-Fuentes, Brooklyn, N.Y.
YOU COULD BE NEXT! Enter your short fiction (1,500 words or fewer) in the 19th Annual WD Short Short Competition. The early-bird deadline is Nov. 15, 2018. For more information or to enter online, visit bit.ly/short-short. To purchase an anthology of the top 25 stories from this year’s competition, go to writersdigestshop.com.…