I watched him hanging there at the perimeter, like a pall at the edge of a dream. In time he became part of mine, just as much as she had been.… more
Category Archives: FLASH FICTION
Darryl in No Man’s Land
FLASH FICTION by Josh BarnettOne night, Julie left St. Virgil’s and instead of transferring, she walked off the L platform, crossed the river, and proceeded to get gin-drunk for three hours at the Hotel Fernandito bar until some guy who looked kind of like Dave Grohl came up and asked to buy her next drink.… more
TWO STORIES
FLASH FICTION by Jeffrey HermannA country music star who writes sweet, tangy love songs is distant with his wife. He’s close with his dog. His wife wishes he’d write a love song about her. He sits down to write but the only thing that comes out is distance.… more
Jump Start
FLASH FICTION by Brian GiffordAll the chemicals in Home Depot would not resurrect Ron’s sun-scorched grass. What it needed was rain; there had been none for weeks, and none was expected. So Ron was there for a sprinkler, which almost certainly would flop over on its side and saturate the grass around it, leaving the rest of the lawn bone dry. … more
Surrounded by Idiots
FLASH FICTION by Delphine Gauthier-GeorgakopoulosThe poor lad stinks as bad as Snow White’s breath when the lazy cow finally decided to wake up with a piece of rotten apple stuck in her throat.… more
In Joyful Obedience Your Tasks to Fulfill
FLASH FICTION by Matthew Duffus“I’ve been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ,” he shouted as he approached the Reverend Simms. “That is why I know that He’ll forgive me this trespass.” With that, he removed a gleaming pistol from his hip pocket. “I am in need of that offering.”… more
Two Stories
FLASH FICTION by Alex CarriganOn the television mounted on the wall, Sally Fields is crying at her daughter’s funeral. Next to me, a twink orders a drink called Unicorn Tears.… more
Pertusaria tejocotensis on the Cover of Nature
FLASH FICTION by Joanna TheissOnly she could make his thallus glisten like that, only she could make him enlarge even in drought.… more
Trick of Perspective
FLASH FICTION by Cathy UlrichYou will remember how, that morning, your mother cut herself shaving and swore in her native tongue. Your father always called it gibberish, but there was something beautiful in it, you thought, more than his assholes and cocksuckers and shut the hell ups.… more
Two Stories
FLASH FICTION by Lauren Hwang-FinkWe made cracks about big industry, men in power—Chevron pumping liquidized dinosaurs, Bolsonaro hacking the Amazon to toothpicks. Someone somewhere was sucking all the rainclouds out of California. Maybe it was plastics. We didn’t know.… more
