Here’s the story in 99 words: NCJ’s 99-word Flash Fiction Contest is on. Send up to three entries in the body of an email (no attachments or links) to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your name and contact information (no pen names) by midnight Oct. 31. Dainty dramas, bite-sized adventures, flits of fantasy, micro-mysteries, half-pint hauntings, brief romances […]
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Tell Us Your Vaccine Stories, Questions
With Humboldt County Public Health having announced a push to get 75 percent of the eligible population vaccinated ahead of June 15, when the state plans to drop a host of COVID-19 restrictions, the Journal wants to hear from you, our readers. If you’re vaccinated, why did you decide to get the shot? How’d it […]
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Flash Fiction 2018
Got time for a tale? Just a quickie? Sure you do, especially if it’s only 99 words. This year contributors spun miniature yarns rife with family drama, internal battles, faith, space travel and, as always, murder. (Why so murder-y, Humboldt?) All that wrapped up in tight nuggets of text you could cover with one hand, […]