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Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN Judged by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Longlist
We’re excited to honor these stories by being on our longlist for this contest! We’ll have a shortlist to send…
Cold At First
After signing the divorce papers, I get in my car and drive the three hours to my sister’s house. I…
Two Coins
She’s seventeen years old and standing at a bus stop in East Texas. It’s raining, and her hair is pulled…
Fractured Lit Chapbook Prize Judge W. Todd Kaneko Shortlist
We don’t envy Judge W. Todd Kaneko’s challenge of only picking one chapbook from this shortlist! We had the privilege…
The Breakfast Shift at the Usual New York Diner
This la-de-da woman waltzes in. Skinny. Shiny-lipped. Designer facelift. Lenny, the crabbiest waiter, with his crater face, his cigarette breath,…
Sanctuary
The autumn chill permeated Ruth’s wool coat as she hurried through the forest, dried leaves crunching underfoot. She clutched her…
Flesh Wounds
“He’s bleeding out!” These words stampede through the air, disembodied from their owner. “Somebody help him!” I stand on the…
We Went to the Museum
We went to the museum, but we didn’t see anything good. We sat on a long bench under the great…
Self-Preservation
In the first month of the year after the holiday season she felt out of sorts (the season she got…
When the Giant Breathed
In 2023, the island known in County Kerry as the Sleeping Giant, named for its resemblance to a man lying…
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