Three Tide Pools: A Triptych by Robert Vaughan
Laundry flutters against the slack breeze. Bumblebees bombard gooseberry bushes. We maneuver the broken fence. Lay naked in their kiddie pool, bodies pretzel-like, jagged.
Points in the Air: A Triptych by Melissa Goode
A funeral procession moved through the narrow, cobblestone streets of Burano. Four men carried the coffin on their shoulders. They were followed by people wearing mourning black. I would have you for another ten years. I didn’t know. The Italian winter light was brighter, warmer, than we expected.
Interview with Robert Vaughan
Tommy Dean interviews Robert Vaughan about his micro fictions in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018)
Certain Solitary Creatures: A Triptych by Rebekah Bergman
The animal life here has grown robust: the roaches, the mice, the creatures who are late for work and tunneling underground.
Issue 16
Featuring new flash by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Julia Strayer, Sandra Arnold, Lori Sambol Brody, Kathryn Kulpa, Daryl Scroggins, Leonora Desar, Sanjana Raghavan, Gary Fincke, Patricia Q. Bidar, Laton Carter, Alexis Wolfe, DS Levy, Dan A. Cardoza, and Sarah Daniels.