flash fiction
Vindication
Vindication written by: Fenja Hill - When Mike was four, he told his mother that he needed to sleep in a different room...
Fly
Fly written by: Doug Hawley - Locals from Igaluit on Baffin Island north of mainland Canada found...
Porch Pumpkin
Porch Pumpkin written by: Phyllis Souza - Jack comes to life on Halloween—a round, orange pumpkin. His hollow eyes...
What Lingers
What Lingers written by: Peter Rehn - The air was thick with mist as Jim forced his dog, Nap, out for a walk...
The Boy Who Couldn’t Rhyme
The Boy Who Couldn't Rhyme written by: Lot Hildegard - When I was a kid growing up in a small town in the South, most of the other boys were tone-deaf...
Make Britain Great Again
Make Britain Great Again written by: Clive La Pensée - ‘He fled to the USA when the Nazis entered Hungary,’ the music presenter says...
Dead Fish
Dead Fish written by: Sid Senthilvel - There’s a body in the bathtub. It’s rotting, hollow black pits where eyes...
Animal Instincts
Animal Instincts written by: Valli Henry-Boldini - He had a rapacious appetite when it came to her. His single-mindedness overflowed in public...
Calib and the Alchemy of Truth
Calib and the Alchemy of Truth written by: M.D. Smith - Calib Farrow, a quiet and intelligent university junior, lived a life of quiet ambition...
The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow
The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow written by: Raymond Brunell - The ceramic mug sits warm in my hands, a steady anchor amid the kitchen’s usual hum...
The Watch
The Watch written by: MD Segomotso - This was the expression my partner and I would often hear from people about our relationship...
The Apartment
The Apartment written by: Felix Staacke - I’m back. The familiar smell of lingering dust, dirty dishes, and sex greets me as soon...
Broken
Broken written by: Mary Bevan - The boy is gawky-thin: his shoulder-blades protrude through the pale skin...
Colours of Nature
Colours of Nature written by: Mike Henry - It wasn’t love at first sight. She had met him at university...
