flash fiction
The Longevity Loophole
The Longevity Loophole translated by: Richard Kostelanetz - When a 60-year-old man goes to the doctor for a check-up, the physician concludes...
A Crisis of Identity
A Crisis of Identity written by: Penny Rogers - Jay picked up the garden shears and cut off all...
Gulliuble Hearts
Gullible Hearts written by: Gomathi Sridevi - Our relationship began with betrayal; both of us had cheated on our partners...
The Past Can Make You The Loveliest Present
The Past Can Make You The Loveliest Present written by: Lola Ulani Giljon - It is 9 am on a grey November morning and the mother...
The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory written by: Craig E Harms - Timothy Kimmel and his perfect wife Bethany bounced up the crumbling sidewalk...
An Hour With You
An Hour With You written by: P.M. Jack - I always hated the cold, winter weather. The damp air...
Birdin’ the Yalobusha
Birdin' the Yalobusha written by: Cynthia Griffin - Sloshin’ through mud choked with rottin’ leaves...
Her Royal Majesty
Her Royal Majesty written by: John Oguntoyinbo - She had been like that from the womb-her royal majesty...
Valentine’s Reverie
Valentine's Reverie written by: Phyllis Souza - Lost in a Valentine’s Reverie, Lena travels back to her fourth-grade classroom...
Mad Maddie
Mad Maddie written by: Patricia Pease - The handcuffs pinched her wrists as Maddie rapped her knuckles four times...
Second Life
Second Life written by: Sudha Vishwanath - Of all the three-hundred and sixty-five days in a year...
Chance by Name, Chancer by Nature
Chance by Name, Chancer by Nature written by: Trevor Flanagan - The sulphurous stench pulled at Chance’s nose and throat...
The Back Room
The Back Room written by: W. Glewicz - We’re August lazy, slouched on a park bench under a blazing late afternoon...
Space Radio
Space Radio written by: Isabel Alzate - Captain George Scott and Lieutenant Jason Montgomery checked...
