She thinks of the ending of Back to the Future, where Marty’s dad is suddenly cool and fashionable, because Marty’s time traveling has improved the course of the past, so the teenage version of his father, McFly, stood up to the bully instead of capitulating to him. Gretchen wonders what version of herself would now be chopping Brussels sprouts in half.… more
Category Archives: FLASH FICTION
when you give a girl a goldfish
FLASH FICTION by Bethany Cutkompcountless bulbous eyes will judge you eating in front of the television. you’ll drift off spooning baggies of failures, wishing that you’ll wake to warm skin hugging you back.… more
Mesopotamian Period of Divorce
FLASH FICTION by Guy BiedermanIt was the Mesopotamian period of divorce; everyone’s parents were doing it.… more
Shades
FLASH FICTION by Mark AbdonIn the twilight years, familiar lights grow dim. But are there others that might also flicker on?… more
Campground Altercation
FLASH FICTION by William Ogden HaynesLight snow was still falling, making the scene from the window look like a Christmas card as he stood there crying. She had always been just a pillow away, connected and separated by a million good and bad intangibles between them.… more
Below the Belt
FLASH FICTION by Matthew E KasperPlausible deniability and I were old acquaintances. The only one I was closer with was my dear pal cognitive dissonance. I had been apologising for the people I knew to the people I didn’t know as well, for years.… more
11W
FLASH FICTION by Dakota Edwin CollinsMoney can buy happiness, he says. The fluorescents shimmer above him and the dusty gas pumps and the truck that smells like old truck and the lake. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.… more
Grillmaster
FLASH FICTION by Robin WilderDad stands vigil at the helm, arms crossed, tongs snapping air as he draws upon some magic intuition that whispers when to rotate the sausages. Or—as he calls them—Hallowieners, because he is Dad, a Midwestern Dad, and the groans from his wife, children, grandchildren, and family cat fuel his laughter.… more
Duffel Bags: A Veterans Story
FLASH FICTION by Patricia AdelizziEach man was missing a limb or two, and sat for hours, smoking and silently staring at the facility’s impeccably manicured lawns. He couldn’t get this image out of his mind. Once he recalled it, he’d be silent for many hours.… more
Fiction Writing for Beginners
FLASH FICTION by David E. PostonThis week, James has another new story. In this one, God is a gigantic pink baby who reaches down from cloudbanks over the Midwest and swirls up tornadoes with his pudgy fingers.… more
