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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Let's goooooooooooooo! As my son screams after winning a round in Fortnite. I wish everyone could be a winner, but alas, only a single champion will be awarded a Lunar. 🏅

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Excited to read this, Winston, and thanks for contributing!

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Phillip Carter's avatar

I would like to submit my short story: Mycelial

https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/p/mycelial-aprils-free-short-story

An existentialist fungus muses on identity, community, plurality, and what it might mean to become an individual in a world where 'the One' is the ruling personality.

It is 2402 words long.

Thanks for creating the Lunar Awards!

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Welcome to the Lunar Awards, Phillip!

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Phillip Carter's avatar

Pleased to be here

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Matt Waterhouse's avatar

Here's mine: Seek Out New Life

In deep space, an Earth probe begins to evolve into something more ... with a little help from its friends.

https://mattwaterhouse.substack.com/p/seek-out-new-life?sd=pf

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Thank you, Matt, for your entry! I'm looking forward to reading this 😊

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Cameron Scott's avatar

I hope it's not too late! Here's my story: https://cameronscott.substack.com/p/the-house

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ You're just in time, Cameron, and I'm happy to have your entry! Good luck this season.

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Thank you for your submission, Skeptic Fail, and good luck in the Lunar Awards!

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Okay I think I'm in time! Here's my story, entitled "Down the Drain" about a man who enjoys competition a little too much. According to Google it's 1806 words long.

https://storycauldron.substack.com/p/down-the-drain

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ I love that we're getting such variety of speculative, and that you finished in time! Thanks for your entry, Jackie!

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Yeah, I read all of the other stories to date when I added mine, and our showing of urban fantasy was a bit light! Glad to mix it up a bit.

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Olivia St. Lewis's avatar

Here's my story!

https://wednesdayafternoon.substack.com/p/bonus-post-choose-one

I'm pretty sure it counts as speculative fiction. Either way, super excited to be part of the Lunar Awards: Season One!

Thanks!

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Thank you for entering, Olivia! I'm happy to have you on board for this wild ride.

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Redd Oscar's avatar

I present my submission, An Abundance of Order, to the Lunar Awards Season One! Thanks so much for creating the award.

https://reddoscarwrites.substack.com/p/an-abundance-of-order

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Happy to have you aboard for this award season, reddoscarwrites!

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Quenntis's avatar

Here's my submission: "Takeout"

A trans football player needs to make his dawn curfew or he will get kicked off the Meganomics Antigravity Football Team on the day of the Antigrav World Finals.

https://quenntis.substack.com/p/takeout?sd=pf

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Thanks for taking part in the Lunar Awards, Quenntis!

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V.L. Augustin's avatar

Heya, here is my submission!

https://mlaugustin.substack.com/p/41-how-to-win-over-the-chittering

To my mind, this story is dark fantasy rather than horror, but let me know if it doesn't fit. No worries if not!

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ We need some dark fantasy to chill our bones in kingdoms near and far. Thanks for entering, ML!

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William F. Edwards's avatar

Now presenting my submission. Hope people enjoy reading it.

https://warthogreport.substack.com/p/the-swordsmen

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ I'm so glad you're a part of this William! I can't wait to dig into all of the stories.

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Alex S. Garcia's avatar

Here is my humble contribution ;)

https://xenin.substack.com/p/violet?utm_source=lunar

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Welcome to the Lunar Awards, Alex, glad to have you!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

OK, I am totally new here so forgive me if this is not the kind of story you are looking for!

Future Now: https://open.substack.com/pub/alexanderipfelkofer/p/future-now?r=26onua&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

(ps. story starts after the banner image, I ramble about how it came to be before that)

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ If it's speculative and meets the rules, which yours is and does, then it's exactly what we're looking for 😁 Thanks for entering, Alexander!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

🙏 Thank you, Brian. Appreciate the swift reply!

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James Ron's avatar

Here's my story, Brian. - https://jamesron.substack.com/p/cryo-trans-2084

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Thank you for taking part in the Lunar Awards, James!

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Meg Oolders's avatar

Someone suggested I submit this story. So here it is!

https://stockfiction.substack.com/p/sweet-sixteen

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ The person that suggested you submit it must be the most amazing person EVAAAA!

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