Elaine Chiew
Insurance You go diving with him in the Bahamas as a leap of faith, even though you’re not sure whether it’s a leap of faith in yourself or in him or in your togetherness. It’s new still in your…
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Tag Archive: flash fiction
Justin Herrmann
Beakless It’s my week with Madison. My first week, in fact, since things have been settled. She’s been gaining weight at her mother’s, and, I believe, has stopped speaking proper sentences. “McDonald’s, Dada?” She’s all smiles and singsong in the…
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Nancy Tingley
Fire Wall 1 Choking smoke, gagging fear. The fire wall sailed down the hill as the kids, wedges among hurried belongings, cried, Arthur, Arthur. And the dog, crazy with ears skull-pressed plummeted away. Get him. But, I turned the key….
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Hardy Griffin
Dadjinsky I awoke in écarté. My left arm curved around the pillow and up to the headboard and my right foot arched toward tightly pointed toes. I looked longingly askance at the wall. Yes, I lay horizontal on the…
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Joy Kennedy-O’Neill
Animals at the Ball A sequined ball gown glides past me. Eyes in an ostrich mask narrow. “Are you a donkey?” I waggle my mask’s brown ears. “Aardvark. They eat–” She’s spun away by a guy in a lion…
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