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The Lady on the Bench -- flash fiction by Allison Xu

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Jul 2, 20212 min read

The Lady on the Bench -- flash fiction by Allison Xu

Sitting on the wooden bench in the front lawn of Silverhill Nursing Home, she gazed at the street where a young mother pushed a jogging...

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How to Make Daddy Go Away in Five Minutes or Less -- flash by Suzy Johnson

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Jun 11, 20211 min read

How to Make Daddy Go Away in Five Minutes or Less -- flash by Suzy Johnson

He will come to you with an offering. Take off your headphones and nod. Nod some more. More. Keep nodding. Answer his question that isn’t...

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Shoulders -- flash fiction by Neha Varadharajan

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May 28, 20211 min read

Shoulders -- flash fiction by Neha Varadharajan

She doesn’t tell them a word. Here we are, holding it on our backs, without complaining. But she feels sore and scared. We want to give...

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May 28, 20212 min read

Lynx -- flash fiction by Arim Lim

The boy sits, hunched and unwashed, his skin illuminated by the glow of fishtanks and nighttime-simulating LEDs. The light dances a wild...

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May 28, 20212 min read

Vows -- flash fiction by Cam Wheeler

I can’t fucking breathe and I can’t get this fucking tie off. Pulling at it, it just grips my throat tighter and I’m convinced I might...

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Zoo Animals -- flash fiction by Tejal Doshi

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Apr 23, 20212 min read

Zoo Animals -- flash fiction by Tejal Doshi

I yank my shirt hem, unsticking it from my skin. Chewing my lower lip, I jog toward my parents, who stand under a tree with my sister,...

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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -- flash by Assimina Roussis

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Apr 2, 20212 min read

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -- flash by Assimina Roussis

Eleven Madison Park is always the least crowded this time of day. Perfect for me, it lessens my chance of being accidentally recognized....

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In the Wheat Fields -- flash fiction by Annie Pan

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Apr 2, 20212 min read

In the Wheat Fields -- flash fiction by Annie Pan

Perhaps it was a sycamore. Or maybe a maple. He never knew; their leaves were too similar: large and veined. All he could recall was its...

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The Three Boulders -- flash fiction by Matt Hsu

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Mar 19, 20212 min read

The Three Boulders -- flash fiction by Matt Hsu

She skated over brittle patches of brown and green. Stomping with straw sandals and smoking the sunlight from a cattail pipe. Dress made...

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Pig Sweat -- flash fiction by Jillian Reef

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Mar 19, 20213 min read

Pig Sweat -- flash fiction by Jillian Reef

Don’t look so constipated. Tell yourself you don’t care, the shirt wasn’t that cute anyways. Hurry up your friends yell from the other...

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Dec 31, 20203 min read

Haunted -- flash fiction by Asha Cook

I look one last time into the audience– past the stage lights, past my doubt– for you before I’m dragged down by a line of people...

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A Man’s Walk -- flash fiction by Michelle Liao

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Oct 16, 20202 min read

A Man’s Walk -- flash fiction by Michelle Liao

The man’s boots clicked against the red-splattered streets. The setting sun continued to paint the road red, orange, and pink as the man...

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Forgiveness -- flash fiction by Natalie Hampton

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Oct 16, 20203 min read

Forgiveness -- flash fiction by Natalie Hampton

Will I ever stop waking up at 3 am, clammy, red-faced, and wishing I’d never met him in the first place? Will I ever stop reaching over...

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Thicket of Bones - flash fiction by Caroline Dinh

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Jun 26, 20202 min read

Thicket of Bones - flash fiction by Caroline Dinh

For the end-of-year trip at Cheshire Elementary, Ms. Sanderson loaded her fifth graders into a classroom-sized submarine and ventured...

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Two Girls At Play - flash fiction by Caroline Dinh

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Jun 26, 20202 min read

Two Girls At Play - flash fiction by Caroline Dinh

They used to be prodigies; not quite Mozart but not quite the size of their slender fingertips, the smallness of their knuckles and...

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When it Snowed - flash fiction by Claire Doll

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Jun 12, 20203 min read

When it Snowed - flash fiction by Claire Doll

I always loved winter. Many argued against me, boasting about how spring brought flowers flecked with notes of gold and scarlet, or how...

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The Girl Who Cried Wolf - flash fiction by Qianhui Ma

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Jun 12, 20203 min read

The Girl Who Cried Wolf - flash fiction by Qianhui Ma

“And when on the third day, the boy cried wolf again, the villagers answered no more. But this time, the wolf really came. The villagers...

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Reflections - flash fiction by Ashley Hodge

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May 1, 20202 min read

Reflections - flash fiction by Ashley Hodge

Reflections “Hi,” I say. “Hi,” she echoes back. “How are you?” “How are you?” We lock eyes. A perpetual pity radiates from the depths of...

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The Star That Guides Me - flash fiction by Emma Scully-Power

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Apr 1, 20202 min read

The Star That Guides Me - flash fiction by Emma Scully-Power

Walking home everyday from the bus stop, I can already see her light shining through the window. My pace increases with my desire to...

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