Spotlight on: Flash Fiction
The Allotment Gate
First Rung The first rung is the worst. It shouldn’t be, it doesn’t make sense, not when Kezia considers it, as it’s on the bottom, […]
Dig
They’re covering the windows with black plastic. Dawn’s words are shot through with the usual expletives. Leaning back against the rough woodchip, you toy with […]
Green
The Wife pockets the stack of twenties The Husband left on the dresser and drives her Suburban to the Fresh Market. She buys Bartlett pears, […]
Sarabande
Ch’eng Mai lifts the violin from its case and drapes a chamois cloth over her shoulder. The notes ripple and bend like Hangzhou ribbon. She […]
Contest Results
Thanks to everybody who entered the Fall Flash Fiction Contest. The results are in! 3rd prize goes to Bob Thurber for his flash, “The Hullabaloo“. […]
Vertigo – 1st Prize
I give him my hand. Such a little thing to do and it makes him happy. He melts into the background till only his mouth […]
Warts – 2nd Prize
I had my first boyfriend and I knew my father didn’t like him. My father would stand at our front window, sometimes with binoculars, and […]
The Hullabaloo – 3rd Prize
While the child nursed, Millie whispered prayers to the savior. She did this each morning while breastfeeding, pleading yet again for help, stressing each time […]
Gossip
Five minutes into the drive home from her twin cousins’ seventh birthday party, Annie closed her eyes and tried to go to sleep. She was […]