Everybody knows there’s a relentless war on manhood. Your teacher’s mistake was thinking that men like us would sit back and let the world change without us, without our say so. We are men, Eric. We feel the facts like fire coursing through our veins.… more
Category Archives: FLASH FICTION
Epistaxis
FLASH FICTION by J S KhanI could see blood trickling down her right nostril. It streamed down her lips. Pooled in her cleft chin. Spread like cracks in broken glass down her neck in bright red streaks. And there was a funny rumbling in her throat too—something near a purr—what I took at the time as a sign of pleasure.… more
Dad Never Takes Us to a Tiger’s Game
FLASH FICTION by Ani KingSometimes two dads become one & then they split into three & they’re being swallowed up by their own sea of dark blue t-shirts & hats & the tents fill up with contortionist dads & trampoline act dads & they all come back out of their tents & say hurry we’re going to miss the best thing.… more
Three Stories
FLASH FICTION by Ewen GlassYour hair smells like fire, he said at volume to his kid in McDonalds, but she was busy eating chicken nuggets and trying to work out if it’s okay to loathe your father.… more
Two Stories
FLASH FICTION by Alex CarriganThe only way I can eat cake is with a bruise on my forehead and my ponytail in his hand.… more
Sleepover
FLASH FICTION by Kellan JansenBut, like I said, I’m only flesh and blood, and seeing my dog at that moment was worth sacrificing the $120 to me, because I was worried she was worried, you see. And the sex wasn’t that bad. But I had to drink something first.… more
Mango Shake for Two
FLASH FICTION by Garima ChhikaraThat summer I learned that monkeys are sneaky avengers, you tease them once, stick your tongue out, and later they’re already a roof away; ants live in dripping faucets and behind damp plaster; Also, that my father might have a drinking problem.… more
Marching Orders
FLASH FICTION by Linda M. BayleyHe’s always told his boys, If at first you don’t succeed, say to hell with it and give up. He needs a goddamn knife. But his ankle’s been hurting him since 1939, since the night before he was due to ship out. It wasn’t even his fault; he was only a little bit drunk when the car slammed his motorbike into a brick wall.… more
Chains, Not Gears
FLASH FICTION by Deems OrtegaDad claims cheer is banal and salacious. He threatens to stop funding the rah-rah-sis-boom-bah. Mom offers that there are college scholarships in cheer. Dad holds that Lucy needs better grades, not a better Herkie. Mom offers a divorce. Dad goes silent.… more
When you meet up with an old fling at a Boston sushi bar but she doesn’t know you’re trans yet
FICTION FLASH FICTION by Judy SlittEvery day is a new performance for me. Today, I’m on stage as Punk Boy: Mannequin Pussy tank. Black Levi’s. Nail color: black.… more
