Plot is the transformation of the internal by the external.

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…

Welcome to intrepidlode, our name for stories that compress struggle, sharpen consequence, and prove that hard things are worth the attempt.

How far would you go to save a friend? A young man faces impossible odds deep beneath the red dirt of Mars.

Caught between an overprotective father and a manipulative stepmother, a young girl risks everything to discover who she's meant to be.

FLASH FICTION WEEK 2026First-place winner BY MYNA CHANG Copyright is held by the author. I KNOW the task of sorting my belongings will fall to you. I hope the novelty of this old jacket has enticed…

A young girl's impulsive decision to fight her evil captor leads to an unlikely alliance. Will her new ally be her salvation or demise?

Find out what happens when an intrepid dog insists on playing a video game that's very real...a game that's far from safe.

A young boy yearning for family gets creative and does the impossible in this emotional tale by Matt Hollingsworth.

A brilliant flier and mechanic never takes no for an answer in her fight for an academy spot--and glory--in this tale of the skies.

When death comes for Wallace Porter, he fights back in an unexpected way, proving loopholes really are for overcomers.

A brilliant flier and mechanic never takes no for an answer in her fight for an academy spot--and glory--in this tale of the skies.

Find out what happens when an intrepid dog insists on playing a video game that's very real...a game that's far from safe.

A brilliant flier and mechanic never takes no for an answer in her fight for an academy spot--and glory--in this tale of the skies.

Andy's struggle to overcome fear becomes his greatest triumph of discovery in this literary #story by Seán McNicholl