Thank you to JustAWannabeWriter30 for judging this category!

Please join us in congratulating the Short Story winners of the Astania Community's Harvest Festival 2024:

FIRST PLACE
with a score of 104/110...

The Edge of No Tomorrow by ganbaruby 

The Edge of No Tomorrow is a perfectly haunting apocalyptic story about baseline survival. From the very beginning, the story felt very foreboding and hopeless, especially through Nina's eyes as she's hanging on for as long as she can until the satellite crashes. It reminds me of "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," where the characters have lost all hope of survival and are simply observing their world collapse around them. Great story with an intriguing, if not haunting premise that leaves you with chills.

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with a score of 104/110...

Let Her Fall by _p1nk_tr4sh_ 

I was pulled into this story from the very first line. It's the perfect blend of witchy, cozy, and fall. The descriptions and details are beautiful. Even though it's a "no-plot fluffy romance" as mentioned in the author's note, I couldn't get enough of this story. This is definitely a story anyone should read on a cozy fall morning.

SECOND PLACE
with a score of 94/110...

How to Bake a Pumpkin Pie? by Ink3dverse 

All of Evelyn's references to her pie after the first chapter make my skin crawl. An overall unsettling and wonderfully written piece that will never make you want to eat pumpkin pie again. And if I may add an additional score, 0/10 for the pie. Definitely would not eat.

THIRD PLACE
with a score of 93/110...

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Pviscelle 

I was a little hesitant about what was going on in the beginning, but the ending absolutely had me reeling. It was wonderfully led up to and reveal. An overall very eerie story, and the reasons why shift throughout the narrative in a fascinating way. The payoff was definitely worth the journey.

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