Hello and welcome to episode 63 of The Saved as Draft Podcast. My guest on today’s episode is Maryellen Brady 💗📚, the winner of the heavyweight bracket in Flash Fiction February 2026.

Maryellen and I sat down to talk about her status as a two-time champion in my writing challenges, and she answered a bunch of questions submitted by the community.

Community Spotlight

Our community spotlight this week is Caley Robison! The first book in Caley’s enemies-to-lovers romantasy series is on sale until TOMORROW for just 99-cents. Grab you copy at the link below

Weekly Shout Outs

* The Threshold by Edward.Marlo.Ruiz

* It is Raining by Hazel

* The Art of Line Editing: How to Turn Prose into Music by High Priestess Lakeisha and Dansinger | Daan Katz

* Footprints by Tamsin G.

* Mass Extinction Event by Suswati Basu

Wandering Prompt Winner & Runner-up

This week, Sarah Rusch joins me on the show to talk about the winning Wandering Prompt story, Playtheon by Verdant Butterfly

We also discuss the runner-up from last week’s prompt, which was of course The First Spark by J. Alleyn Winchester.

Power up Prompt #28 Stories

* Extraction by Gregory Blair

* The Guy Who Hates Hard Tacos Asked me to Write a Haunted Scalpel Story. Kira Showed up by J.M. Gooding

* The Manor that Kept by Malrik Raithmoor—The Liturgist

* SUBCLINICAL by Maryellen Brady 💗📚

* They Found a Way by Terrifying Tales

* The Kiss of Peace by Hallie Jules

* Power up Prompt #28 by Mercedes de Santiago

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