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Nesting
Walls Her nest is too tall by the time Molly realizes she can’t climb in. “I left my tools inside.…
Millennial Pink Bread
As if covered in invisible glaze, her bread bakes pink. She buys new flour, new yeast, sends it into the…
High Summer
Their old landmarks are charred, the ashen sludge slips into her sandals. Find me at our pit, he’d said. Where…
Three Sprigs
1. When planning your garden, be aware that certain herbs are highly invasive, and may overwhelm a garden, choking other…
Two Identical Strangers
These days, when I pull up the old photographs, most people still attribute the resemblance between Lydia Lissing and me…
the 2020 fractured lit flash fiction prize shortlist
We’re proud to announce the 22 titles of our shortlist! The submissions we received were fresh, fierce, and so engaging…
It Came From the Bottom of the Lake (1954)
The Stuntman Cuts through the water like shears through velvet. Like an arrow through the apple on a little boy’s…
Me and Eddie on the Boulevard
waiting to cross. My heart tick, ticking like a stupid clock. Eddie and his dark hair forest, his blue eye…
Epidemic
Because Davie Gray is protected by the blood of Jesus and his scripture-spouting pastor daddy, he stays in the classroom…
A Flash Perspective: Interview with Kim Magowan
What are your favorite things to write about? Those topics or items you can’t stop thinking about! “Favorite” implies that…
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