Inhuman: Absolute XPress Flash Fiction Challenge #4

There are other beings out there. Demons, fae, aliens, robots and more. Creatures that have been watching us for a long time. They know us. For this challenge, write from the point of view of something “Inhuman”; an exterior point of view that is able to see what it really means to be Human.

This was a hard challenge, no doubt about it, but 18 authors rose to occasion. Within these pages are twenty stories from 18 established and break out authors from around the world: Australia, Canada, USA and UK.

You will also find a thought provoking forward written by this round’s Guest Judge: Jerome Stueart

The winning stories and authors include are:

• THE HUMAN ASPECT by David Strachan
  
• A MATHEMATICIAN’S GALATEA by Andrew Magrath
• RED KING by Ty Miller
• SILENT OBSERVERS by C.D. Reimer
• RESPECT YOUR ELDERS by Larry C. Kerr
• LEVI’S HELL by Christopher Chartrand
• WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH by Stef Donev
• HUNTER’S MOON by Jason Barney
• JESSE’S CHOICE by Chrystalla Thoma
• MUDDBLATT by Pete “Patch”Alberti
• A FEW SMALL OBSERVATIONS by Daniel Murphy
• IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN by Matthew Stroescu
• DUET by Andrew Magrath
• JOY by Chrystalla Thoma
  
• FREE BEER TOMORROW by John Michael Martin
• MALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Jay Raven
• THE KISS by Greg College
• EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL PROCESSING by James Beamon
• I LIVED by David Craddock
  
• NEARER COMES THE MOON by Tony Noland