Young God pulls his Dream Team from a roadside culvert, spins Lucifer from cornsilk—because not having a favorite is beyond even God’s young powers.… more
Tag Archives: flash fiction
Three Stories
FICTION by Luke RolfesI can tell by the elliptical pupils—its cat eyes. The single mother is right. This snake is a viper. … more
Look What You Made Me Do
FICTION by Megan PillowIn the kitchen, Leta puts on dishwashing gloves, pulls a plastic bag from under the sink. In the backyard twilight, she scoops the cat carcass up, dumps it in the bag. The intestines coil at the bottom like a glistening snake. Behind her, Jack shifts in his pen, catching the scent of blood again, and she hisses at him, a warning. She ties the bag tight, shivers, holds it to her chest. Where to put it now? … more
I Hope You Know I Love You, Even Though
FICTION by Kim Magowan…even though you like to win; even though you tricked me, telling me it would just be the two of us, but when we got to the restaurant, Georgia was there (and though it was the first time I ever saw her, I recognized her, her smile as sharp as a hook)…… more
Two Stories by Dog Cavanaugh
FICTION by Dog CavanaughIf you’re willing to pay for it, in that part of the country you can have a person’s entire bedroom set along with all their clothes incinerated with the body. … more
Mermaid and Seaworm
FICTION by Michael PlaceShe said her hair was red as blood, and he said it already was the color of a penny and he liked to picture it the way it was.… more
Barmaley Fountain
FICTION by John TalbirdIn his mind, he goes to a place where he holds the hands of his school chums as they laugh and run in a circle, a snapping crocodile at the center of their daisy chain of limbs. His cousin, Elizabeth, just misses losing her black shoe in the snapping jaws and the children laugh. … more
Two Stories
FICTION by Justin HerrmannWe’re at it again. On our weekly phone call. Me at the bottom of the world. Her, near the top.… more
Some things that happened after Derrick woke up his girlfriend at 3 a.m. to watch Too Many Cooks
FICTION by Steve GergleyDerrick (me) felt a little less scared about the future and life in general thanks to a bunch of the little creepy appearances of the killer in the background of Too Many Cooks like when he’s on the stairs in the background of the family photo near the beginning and no one notices he is… more
