A subgenre of flash, a micro, fiction or nonfiction, is usually 400 words or less. The magic lies in what’s left to interpret. Kelli shares her process.

January feels a little too early in the year to be fully engaging my brain.

A short story by Sudha Balagopal

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For Brian WilsonWhen you roll tumbled from the waves like a de-fuzzed towel from a dryer, fingers dragging sand from your mermaid hair gone free, stretched-out scrunchie lost to the waves, and you jel...

This collection follows the hardscrabble lives of the working class and working poor as they lumber through the bleak, unending grit and wet gray ash of their lives. Even though some rise above the…

A monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings. Click to read Prattlefog & Gra...

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.

by Matt Kendrick   It’s [sunrise through mist] and I’m sitting with [old woman] in the [kitchen]. My [laptop] is open on the [table] in front of me. [Old woman] is scratching the yellowing [na…

An annual competition for microfiction up to 100 words. It is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all writers. The competition is open to all forms of narrative prose. There is a whole ...

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Issue 2 – Fall/Winter 2025 Hot off the Press

of Malbec, takes a hefty swig and grabs the remote. This week on Marco Takes Miami, gorgeous Marco will find out the truth about Cecilia’s age. And then what? Linda contemplates Cecilia’s fate once Ma...

ALT: a girl in a blue jersey with the number 1 on it stands on a field

A mostly happy, well-fed child, 1962.

By Karen Crawford It’s a short one, I promise. You see, yesterday I went to the bank because my account was running low. And this little girl standing in line behind me tugged on my coat slee…

We close the week with the third place winner in our 2025 Fall Flash Fiction Contest - "Resistance" by Laura Nagle.