The 90-year-old producer had a hole in his heart. A shaky, unpatchable hole. He wanted me to fill it with kisses, candy, and jokes. I handed him a travel-sized Mars bar that I got on the plane. "Only a monkey," he...
The Producer
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Meg Pokrass
Meg Pokrass has been published in numerous anthologies and journals, including New England Review, Wigleaf, Electric Literature, Five Points, Hunger Mountain, Washington Square Review, The Best Small Fictions 2025, and W.W. Norton's Flash Fiction America. She has published 10 books of fiction and prose poetry, including First Law of Holes: New and Selected Stories (Dzanc Books, 2024). Meg currently resides in the Scottish Highlands, where she judges The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction, and serves as Founding/Managing Editor of Best Microfiction.
Horsebroken
Handcuffs On the way to see our boy in the detention centre I was wearing invisible handcuffs. “Don’t try to make them like you this time,” my husband said. He was talking about the guards. The bus lurched and my...
The Big Dipper
The pool was four feet deep, and we bought it at Target half off. You could float on your back and think, “fun times are here,” because at least you weren't burning hot. Mom and I watched it fill up with hose water....
Love Street Blues
I wanted to live on Love Street when I grew up. To steal paperbacks about salvation sex and hide them under my bed. I told myself that one day the sound of my name would make a man sick and then well. The dog was my...