We have some fantastic flash fiction lined up this month. Here’s a little taster to whet your appetite.
Rancid odours burst forth as the men unzip their bags and begin to change. Boots hardened, studs swaddled by cakes of last week’s mud, damp socks unrolled over hairy calves.
‘Talk’ by Tomas Marcantonio, 3 April 2020
Elspeth looks at the web of roots around her feet; they are clambering over each other as if fighting for a fraction of space to call their own.
‘Blow Your House Down’ by Laura Besley, 10 April 2020
For about forty-five minutes, Barack Obama has not been the President of the United States.
‘Barack and Michelle in the Sky’ by Ferdison Cayetano, 17 April 2020
Isa keeps her eyes trained on the stain. A dark maroon splashed across the beige wool in a poor man’s version of a Rorschach test. If she looks hard enough maybe she could see something.
‘Stain’ by Camille Clarke, 24 April 2020
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