My mind is counting the seconds before I leap. Cape Canaveral is gone and I’m wearing a Superman cape. I’m a child strapped in a chair, soon to be hurtling through space.… more
Category Archives: FLASH FICTION
Like the Rakes
FLASH FICTION by Andrew Graham MartinManager says I’m banned from open mic night till I agree to stop using a Glock as a drumstick. He says a gun in a club poses a safety risk. I say that’s the point. He says the music’s not even any good. I say it’s performance art.… more
It’s Not the Best Job, But It Isn’t the Worst Either
FLASH FICTION by Sophia Krich-Brinton“Hey now, little girl,” one of humans said. “Don’t go trying to get away.” A second human put its face near mine, its breath carrion sweet. “We’re only getting started.”… more
THINGS LIKE HELLFIRE
FLASH FICTION by Ed KomendaMa’s big blue book was holy like the Bible. But there would always be things no book, no matter how holy, could fix. Things like hellfire.… more
Senioritis
FLASH FICTION by Shira MusicantThere’s music blasting from another car, KRLA playing Country Joe and the Fish, so Jen turns our radio up and we join other cars, everyone singing Fixin to Die, the whole A&W singing what are we fightin’ for. … more
The Summer I Passed My GCSEs
FLASH FICTION by Benedict PignatelliLast time I took a picture of my uncle, just back from the front, in the warehouse where we store the supplies, and my uncle warned me not to allow geolocation to track the photo. Now I am sure that it was me that killed him, me and my fucking Snapchat.… more
This Is Practically a Lie
FLASH FICTION by KUMAR SEN“Man” means a set of expectations you inherit like debt with interest that compounds in silence. “Soft” means breach. “Crying” means loss of data, irrecoverable. “Fear” means user error, correct immediately. You scroll. You don’t read. Nobody reads.… more
You Said
FLASH FICTION by Dina PerthakinesAC conked out a week ago and the fan’s just blowing hot air around. The City is fucking loud and one asshole won’t stop laying on the horn. Thought I’d be inside you tonight. You said. Waited all summer.… more
What I Should Have Done
FLASH FICTION by Susan IsraelDad was in Da Nang when I was born, so he wasn’t there pacing, wearing holes in the maternity ward carpeting, making funny faces at the bassinet just beyond his reach. He was loading an M16. He named it after me.… more
Bagels
FLASH FICTION by Mikki Aronoff“Where are our darlings?” we ask, on our knees, patting the ground, groping around in the dark. We’ve eaten your bagels with shmear!… more
