A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…

“It’s called the Butt Plug Challenge,” says the cashier. Purple silicone, eighteen inches tall, at least, as big around at its widest as my thigh. “Surely not,” I say back. “People don’t actually…

“It’s called the Butt Plug Challenge,” says the cashier. Purple silicone, eighteen inches tall, at least, as big around at its widest as my thigh. “Surely not,” I say back. “People don’t actually d...

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .