For May and June 2001 we had the "Shadow" contest. All stories had to start with this. It started out like any typical day in suburbia. Percolators perked, toasters toasted, garage doors opened to disgorge cars heading toward the freeway. Everything was beautifully ordinary, until the shadow....

May Flash Fiction entry The S.H.A.D.O.W. Project By Rochelle Sansotta © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry Shadow By W. G. Willard © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry The Return By Dave Bowlin © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry The Past Due By Dw. Dunphy © 2001

May Flash Fiction entry It's The Thought That Counts By R. L. Scofield © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry AN OFF DAY Mark Anthony Brennan © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry UNTIL THE SHADOW Ahmed A. Khan © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry The Suburban Swarm Dave Lawrence © 2001 May Flash Fiction entry Toast and Shadows B. Joseph Fekete, Jr. © 2001