Pink Slip

Clio VelentzaFebruary 1, 2015

Pink Slip   Here is a bet for you: one day you wake up and you are the immolated queen. Your skin no longer belongs to you. The man in the finest pinst...

Flash Fiction2 Comments

Fata Morgana

Drew KnappFebruary 1, 2015

Fata Morgana   The outcrop of trees across the valley was a catalog of poses and I—sometimes bending to scoop, sometimes standing to breathe—noticed it l...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

The People Of The Dust

Mathew SladeFebruary 1, 2015

The People Of The Dust     We are the people of the dust, for that is what They call us--yet, many times have They tried to take us from it. We...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Gary Krum, 47 Year Old Member of the Ku Klux Klan, Packages Candy In Order to Recruit New Members and Cause General Panic

Jacob SheltonFebruary 1, 2015

Gary Krum, 47 Year Old Member of the Ku Klux Klan, Packages Candy In Order to Recruit New Members and Cause General Panic   “Were Smarties really the b...

Flash Fiction1 Comment

Workboots

R.L. BlackJanuary 1, 2015

      The fire engines didn't make it soon enough. By the time they got there, Carolina Lumber Company was an inferno.  &nbs...

Flash Fiction1 Comment

The Wide Open Space

Zach BenardJanuary 1, 2015

The Wide Open Space         Amidst the sole sound of the water swelling, as the tide would rhythmically crash onto the shor...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

About Me Being a Big Brother

Audra Kerr BrownJanuary 1, 2015

About Me Being a Big Brother   Uncle Rufus from 5b spends the night and makes bratwurst for breakfast. We stand at the kitchen window eating the bratwu...

Flash Fiction1 Comment

Your Great Misfortune

Kayla PongracJanuary 1, 2015

Your Great Misfortune   My mom and dad taught me not to laugh at other people because “it’s not nice.”   But when I learned of your great misfort...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Epigenetics

Lisa SmithiesJanuary 1, 2015

Epigenetics   The day is golden syrupy. Oozing and warm. In the park, two toddlers stand side-by-side. Their messy blonde ringlets are cut identicall...

Flash Fiction2 Comments

Keeping Out, Staying In

Joseph DanteDecember 1, 2014

Keeping Out, Staying In   Someday there wouldn’t have to be so many announcements. We wouldn’t have to wear candy-colored bracelets, be nearly naked ...

Flash Fiction1 Comment

A Million Year Old Circus

Mike SalisburyDecember 1, 2014

A Million Year Old Circus   My mom died believing dinosaurs were a hoax. The Great Dinosaur Emporium littered our town with flyers and posters months ...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Sunday Afternoon

Nicci SchmidtDecember 1, 2014

Sunday Afternoon     They were irretrievably of the Middle Class. Their house, ensconced in the midst of rows of homogeneous whitewashed vill...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Chinese New Year

W.T. PatersonDecember 1, 2014

Chinese New Year   Two tables away is a family who looks to be celebrating. Their son is a handsome, bright, well put together success story, T...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Contrails

Juan Carlos OrozcoNovember 5, 2014

Contrails   Clara shows up on the porch, arms crossed. I heard the teapot whistle inside and know she wants us to go in. My boy was lying on the gras...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Deciding Moment

Wesley ConnellNovember 5, 2014

Deciding Moment   The man with the bandana on his face set aflame the rag in the bottle in my hand. Fire felt odd in my hand, I didn’t know what I wa...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Conspicuous

Thomas SanfilipNovember 5, 2014

Conspicuous   He was wearing sunglasses and seemed oblivious to everything around, except the highway ahead. "The black country," he called it, looking...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Thresholds

W.T. PatersonOctober 2, 2014

Hero’s March   To compose the perfect hero’s march, you need a few key elements.   1)   Revolution – for without it there would be no need...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Move To Florida, They Said

Steven StamOctober 2, 2014

Move to Florida, They Said     Move to Florida, they said. Enjoy the heat, walk on the beach, bask in the sun. The sun gave me freckles and squamou...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Bartonville Scene Report

Rob HartzellOctober 2, 2014

Bartonville Scene Report: Aria   The music in Aria's earbuds follows her into her dreams some nights. At times, she dreams vampire stories which she writ...

Flash Fiction1 Comment

A Congregation Of Sparrows

Irving GreenfieldOctober 2, 2014

A Congregation Of Sparrows   Every morning, when he wasn't at the Veteran Administration's Hospital or teaching a course in philosophy at the United Fe...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

Feeder | L2

Mark KingOctober 2, 2014

Feeder   We’re reaching the end game now.   Where once she astounded me with her beauty, she now repulses me.   Her body is fighting it. I ...

Flash Fiction1 Comment

Tandem | Diner Owner | Cut

Kayla PongracSeptember 1, 2014

Tandem My best friend and I used to ride our bike through cities swollen with cars. I always sat in the back so I could admire the straight hairline in the mid...

Flash Fiction0 Comments

The Puzzle Man

W.T. PatersonSeptember 1, 2014

The Puzzle Man I   The Puzzle Man stood and she looked at him with a smile.   “I’m missing a few parts,” he said to her.   “We all are,” sh...

Flash Fiction2 Comments

The Love Triangle

Lisa de NikolitsSeptember 1, 2014

The Love Triangle   Thus spake the prophet: “I am the king, the phallic king of diamond destruction.”   She laughed at him.   “You’re a...

Flash Fiction0 Comments