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Tongue Tied Down -- flash by Naoka Kádár-Todo
She spoke. He spoke. They all spoke. Their mouths opening and closing, floodgates unleashing the ‘rolling r’ at the roof of their...
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Apr 274 min read
i cry at the pinoy store, not h-mart -- flash fiction by Christine Novelero
The hanging doorbell jingles as I step into paradise pocket-sized, at least for Filipino snack lovers like me. Why am I here again? I’m...
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Feb 63 min read
Rain -- flash fiction by Caelan DiCosmo
The house at the end of Alex’s neighborhood had not been lived in for forty-two and a half years. It seemed odd to Alex that someone...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read
Skeleton Place -- flash by Gianna Goodman-Bhyat
My father says our town is like a skeleton of a place. The streets grow quiet in summertime when the heat chases everybody North. He says...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
A Lecture on Love -- flash fiction by Hannah Kulick
Where is the mother I thought I knew? That sweet woman who’d hold my hand while the doctors took my blood and reward me with a scoop of...
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Jun 17, 20234 min read
My Dad is an Astronaut -- flash by Elizabeth Ahn
June 16, 2010 Pa! Guess what today is. My fifth birthday. Hyung saved his allowance to buy me a toy astronaut, and it even glows in the...
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Oct 23, 20224 min read
Woman -- flash by Sayli Limaye
Inspired by “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid Work out on Monday, it’ll burn some calories; go without a meal on Tuesday, it’ll help with the...
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Oct 23, 20223 min read
Midnight Prayers -- flash by Minha Kyun
After midnight when the windows of the village start to dim, the old woman tucks her young grandson into bed, whispering the words of...
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Sep 16, 20223 min read
Familiar Floors -- flash by Thomas Lu
The sex, I knew, would be like an old, familiar floor. Like walking through the hall of your childhood bedroom and remembering where the...
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Jun 18, 20221 min read
Cats Or Dogs -- flash by Zhejun Zhang
A asks B, “ Do you prefer cats or dogs?” B answers, “I prefer cats.” A asks C, “ Do you prefer cats or dogs?” C answers, “I prefer dogs.”...
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Jun 18, 20222 min read
The Well -- flash by Zoe Zimmerman
Spencer was born in the farmhouse on the hottest day of summer. When he was six years old, his Old Man sat him down and told him, “Don’t...
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Mar 19, 20223 min read
The Perfect Day -- flash by Gloria Bao
The blaring Alarm System woke her up. She groaned. She went through her morning routine, ignoring her clock, and stepped outside onto her...
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Feb 13, 20223 min read
We Regret To Inform You -- flash by Chaya Friedman
We regret to inform you, they said, we regret to inform you… those merciless doctors in their white coats. I walked home, and I was...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Stage Light -- flash fiction by Tanvi Joshi
There’s a little chamber right underneath the lights at the very highest level. It’s not really a chamber at all, more of a pit with a...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Skin -- flash fiction by Ashley Kim
The sunflower brooch my grandmother would wear on her crimson sweater would always sag down. It used to bug me as a child--I’d point it...
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Dec 18, 20213 min read
The Night the Clock Struck Thirteen -- flash fiction by Margaret James
One night, just before midnight, I heard a knock on my door. Tentatively, I went to open it. I peeked through the window at the front of...
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Dec 18, 20211 min read
Diorama -- flash fiction by John Sexton
Pluto stared at two felt swatches: one the color of seaweed, the other a gallbladder green. His shift ended an hour ago, but he told...
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Nov 20, 20212 min read
feathers and bones and dying alone -- flash fiction by Allison Champ
The children crowd around it, jostling each other restlessly in an attempt to get a better look. They whisper in twos, saccharine pity...
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Oct 9, 20211 min read
It was the year of never-spring -- flash fiction by Dana Serea
One by one, the folks Marius knew were gone. In the year of never-spring, there were no requiem masses. No funerals. Almost no...
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Oct 9, 20212 min read
At the Hospital -- flash fiction by Daniel Boyko
At the hospital, it is lonely. Not all the time, of course, especially when John at the front desk says hi to me, or when Katie, the...
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