“Reincarnation”
"That lady is on a mission to corrupt our women!" Mrs. Mittal's caustic words reverberated through me as I hurried past her through the...
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Lee Anderson
- Dec 22, 2018
- 11 min
"Hole"
Angel started out in the morning from Lake City, Florida in his blue, beat-up Skylark, going west on I-10 with Casey at his side and her...
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Bonnie E. Carlson
- Dec 22, 2018
- 28 min
"Tough as Nails"
“I would urge you to get here as soon as possible,” the hospital psychiatrist said. “How soon would that be?” It was already late...
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Kate Tough
- Dec 22, 2018
- 14 min
"Kissing Lying Down"
Arriving at the bar half an hour late I point out, “I’ve ended up looking sort of Russian,” and the two of them laugh. The garb is...
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Ted Larsen
- Dec 22, 2018
- 4 min
"But for the Breeze"
Like Clark Kent, I knew I had powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal boys. Even so, I probably shouldn’t have climbed that tree...
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Don McCrady
- Oct 31, 2018
- 8 min
"Frog in My Throat"
My name is John Masters, and as I sit here writing this, I realize that today is an anniversary of sorts. It’s been almost fifty-two...
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Aimée Lehmann
- Oct 31, 2018
- 11 min
"Pomp and Circumstance"
Mel’s graduation gown billowed up in the face of another faculty member, one he didn’t recognize, disguised as they were today in their...
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Matt Dube
- Oct 31, 2018
- 8 min
"Stolen Thunder"
You’d race to your funeral even if you knew it was coming. And when your boyfriend goes out of town with his painting crew and tells you...
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Brenda Sutton Rose
- Oct 31, 2018
- 15 min
"Samuel's Wife"
Here she comes. Samuel’s wife. That must be her boy Isaac with the reins. I watch their arrival from the window, my grandmother’s dough...
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Jeanne M. Mullins
- Oct 31, 2018
- 27 min
"The Waving Girl"
This sign appears at Fort Pulaski in Savannah, Georgia: THE WAVING GIRL For 44 years, Florence Martus (1868-1943) lived on nearby Elba...
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Gail Sulmers
- Sep 16, 2018
- 23 min
"Amber's Mother"
Damn these stupid shoes! Kristin Webster stumbled and nearly fell as a three-inch heel sank into a crack in the sidewalk. She looked down...
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cindi camponotus*
- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
i bought a submarine, flash fiction
dateline 2 february 2018 boss, you are not answering your email, so i decided to help you out where my invertebrate reporting and the...
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Franetta McMillian
- Sep 1, 2018
- 39 min
The Humming Blue
Vida Cosmos might have helped give birth to the Hostess, but she had never planned on merging with Her. During Vida's all-too-brief life...
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Franetta McMillian
- Sep 1, 2018
- 11 min
The Night of Jubilee
World renowned contralto Josephette Congo was as alone as she could get on the observation deck of the luxury yacht Sea Dragon. It was a...
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Anthony Parker
- Sep 1, 2018
- 13 min
Serpents
Vanilla scented incense spiraled upward from a tasteful clutter of Hindu deity figurines, massage therapy brochures and a stone bowl of...
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Steven Leech
- Sep 1, 2018
- 13 min
From UNTIME, by Steven Leech
CASABLANCA The smell of hot sand and the fuchsia. Around the corner from the airfield. In the shadow under an airplane wing. Swastikas...
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Hannah Fell
- Jun 30, 2018
- 3 min
The Red Bike, flash fiction
Jenna and I were at the gas station getting slushies when I saw the red bike leaning against the light post. At first, I didn’t think...
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Mark Howard
- Jun 30, 2018
- 4 min
Birthdays of the Dead, flash fiction
Dad was a no-nonsense guy except for one thing: he celebrated his birthday five days after the actual date. I didn't know until I was...
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Karl Harshbarger
- Jun 30, 2018
- 11 min
Man on Second
It’s about a thousand years ago back in my childhood. I’m in my grandmother’s house in the living room - the room with the big, tall...
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James Bourey
- Jun 30, 2018
- 4 min
His War, flash fiction
(1) My father leaned against the front fender of the family wagon, while I did an eleven-year-old’s imitation on the opposite side. We...
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