Issue 36:

Spring 2025

Featuring work by Mikki Aronoff, Alyssa Aung, Jack Barrie, Jill Bronfman, Rebecca Croser, Peter DeMarco, Travis Flatt, Jaime Gill, Kat Gonso, Robert McBrearty, Kim Murdock, Nora Nadjarian, Chris Scott, and Nathan Leslie.

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What’s New?

Owning Anger & Writing Grace: An Interview with Claudia Monpere

Feb 15, 2025

Cole Beauchamp chats with Claudia Monpere, the winner of the 2024 New Flash Fiction Prize, about where she finds inspiration, the best apple for mental health, why she writes in her car instead of her office, owning anger and writing more grace and hope.

Best Small Fictions, Pushcart, and Best Microfiction Nominations!

Dec 17, 2024

Congratulations from NFFR to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2025, the Pushcart Prizes, and Best Microfiction 2025!

Introducing the 2024 New Flash Fiction Prize Winners!

Dec 1, 2024

Immense thanks from all of us at NFFR to all writers who submitted to this year’s flash fiction contest. The quality was exceptional. Keep at it, writers and artists. The world needs you.

After by Claudia Monpere

and after and after and nothing changes, just the names of the children. This one drew birds wearing hats. That one had an orange juice popsicle for an imaginary friend.

Pet Shop Boys by Tim Craig

Dayne’s on-off-off-on stepdad, Kel, says stay away from that new pet shop.

Rosetta Post-its by Guy Biederman

Los Gatos Tienen Hambre, says the post-it on the fridge. Since when did the cats learn Spanish, since when did they learn to write? The same could be asked of you, says another post-it.

Glass Flamingos by Catherine Roberts

I smash them all. Because who the fuck collects glass flamingos? Around me, pink shards sparkle in the carpet like pretty vomit.

The Subtle Light by Hetty Mosforth

Word of mouth gets him the job and gets him past the gatehouse. He tramps towards the house like a stray dog, turrets and crenelations coming into focus.