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Flash Fiction: "Mother and Gravel" by Marc Isaac Potter

Mother and Gravel My mother tried to tell me something, but she forgot exactly how her mother spoke it to her, she only remembered that...

Flash Fiction: "Rainbursts" by Dale Stromberg

The thunder and the rain have become commonplace. Nina has been working from home for the whole of the pandemic, in the cramped room off...

Flash Fiction: "The South Pole's Very Far From Here" by Martha Lane

And Joe’s pockets are stuffed with fizzy rockets to get us there. Our footprints turn the snow to Swiss cheese. ‘How long will it take?’...

Flash Fiction: "Time Capsule" by Elisabeth Kelly

There. The curved top poking up. Soil gently falling down the sides. The raised golden pattern peeling slightly, as fraying grey edges...

Flash Fiction: "Me, S/he and the Pea" by Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon

My skin’s not delicate, nor my thoughts subtle. I’ve lived hand to mouth, rambled many roads and bathed in ice-cold mountain streams. My...

Flash Fiction: "The Romance Generation: Two Tales" by Victoria Hood

Tale I: Woman Seeking Woman I can tell by the way in which the men agreed with each other that they had conspired beforehand. Of course,...

Flash Fiction: "Driven to Extremes" by Rachel Canwell

The doctor ushers Maggie in and peers at her, as if she is some oddity, an unsavoury specimen. He stares until she can feel herself start...

Flash Fiction: "Commutation" by Lindy Biller

I wish I could say that no one will blame you for what happens next, but the truth is, most people will. You are tired and distracted,...

Flash Fiction: "Lost in this Place" by Catherine O'Brien

There is no lyricism, it’s the melody that gets you. It keeps circling back like an ice skater with compasses for feet. There are...

Flash Fiction: "You Should Always Do Interviews On A Full Stomach" by Slawka G. Scarso

The not-in-service train ran past, almost sucking her in its trail. As she steadied herself, she heard a familiar voice. Mrs Gardner? She...

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