Category: Fiction
Compensations
Your grandmother never loved you.
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Lunch in the Park
Jani swallows the bite and studies the man. Feet spread at parade rest, he seems to be guarding the fountain, but from what?
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Collapse – Our 2021 Flash Fiction Winner
Congratulations to the winner of our 2021 Flash Fiction Contest and recipient of a $500 prize.
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Amusement Park
When she was relegated to Zoom, her sunny disposition darkened. The mundane conversations grew grim.
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Waiting for Toast
She’d smoke her cigarette and stare at the appliance as though she saw through it, as though its inner workings made her sad.
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I Still Believe in Fireflies
Do you remember when you told us that fireflies were…like the souls of people who have died?
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A Little Bit Won’t Hurt You
“He hadn’t wanted to come. He hated hunting. He hated the blood, the sight of dead things.”
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The Keeper of Smells
A deep sniff reveals everything that occurred in the house while I was gone.
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Jessie Saves
Her mother used to pray for more kids. But her father used to say Jessie was enough.
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Ghost Rain
I caught them cheating through the basement fire escape when Rena thought I was shopping at Macy’s.
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