I field call after call. My bungee cord of nonsense words stretches out across the metropolis, unknotting electrical cords, picking locked bathroom doors, yanking Londoners off railings and Tube tracks. All the while, I coo over the rescued bird.… more
Category Archives: FLASH FICTION
His & Hers
FLASH FICTION by Catherine O'BrienHis is an enlarged heart untrammelled by human concerns. Hers is a rose that fervently wishes it held less bloodied thorns.… more
Two Stories
FLASH FICTION by Frances KleinThe bartender nods at the horse and waves him over to his reserved spot, corner booth. Men are milling about, but the horse only has eyes for the boy on stage on stage rasping song after smoky song into the air above their heads. … more
Hard at Work
FLASH FICTION by Joe NastaHe enjoyed scrubbing the urinals, the stretch in his wrist tendons, and the soreness that built up in his fingertips. It gave him time to absorb all the rumors he overheard from the lapping tongues that surrounded him. He imagined them running up his arms and legs, down the neck of his shirt as he plopped in a new urinal cake.… more
Two Stories
FLASH FICTION by Patrick CrerandBraxton & Hicks never played Vaudeville for laughs. There was no curtain to this bloody show. We, the husbands, sat in the boardroom and waited for mothers to pee.… more
Concentric
FLASH FICTION by Kip KnottThere’s a circle of light in the middle of an otherwise completely dark room. Well, it’s not exactly in the middle, but close enough that it would take a laser’s precise measurement to show that it’s not exactly centered in the room. So let’s just say it’s in the middle and move on.… more
I Smoke, I Blow, I Smoke
FLASH FICTION by Zenith KnoxA child will emerge from an alley as dark as a cocoon, where the air will carry a baby mobile’s tune. She’ll toddle over in a baptismal dress stitched with lace, with a satin bow wrapped around her waist. She’ll tap her toes in leather Mary Janes and say, Mommy! Her voice will ripple like the cries that rise every night on repeat.… more
Animals Struck by Catastrophe
FLASH FICTION by Luke MillerI walked over to South Williams Street. It was where all the cool kids were drinking. And I was a pretty cool kid. It was raining, which was new for Dublin.… more
Two Stories
FLASH FICTION by Marc FrazierTheir Boy Scout manual didn’t cover what to do when you found a fetus along the Kishwaukee River bank.… more
