We have some fantastic flash fiction lined up for January. Here’s a little taster to whet your appetite:
7 January 2022 – ‘What Wasn’t Said’ by Sacha Bissonnette:
I was feeling confident that morning. What I didn’t tell you was that it was a rare feeling. That usually when I talk to new people my hands shake uncontrollably and I stare at their feet. That though I have many great things to say, they seldom make it as far as my mouth.
14 January 2022 – ‘My Brother’s Garden’ by Maggie Nerz Iribarne:
I swung out of bed, cold feet hitting the floor, and ran to the window. Across the way, our red barn burned. Flames licked the morning sky. I stood still, admiring the brilliance for a moment, then bolted downstairs. Soon sirens took over and we were told by the firemen to stand across the field. I didn’t think our house would blaze, but I wondered if I should have taken something from my room, my diary, something. I sensed in my gut that the one thing I treasured most, the one person, was gone.
21 January 2022 – ‘A History of Shame in 450 Periods’ by Katie Holloway:
Courtside, I stretch, limbering up and relishing the sun on my skin. I’m through to the regional final, Senior Women’s category, and I’m feeling good. I swish my racket, then straighten my skirt, basking in its whiteness, and a memory, balloons, red and unbidden.
28 January 2022 – ‘Hesperidium’ by Rebecca Pert:
I blame myself. When I was pregnant I craved lemons. Ate them like oranges. Perhaps I swallowed a pip, and it perforated my stomach lining, got into my womb somehow, lodged there. The doctors said that’s impossible. But none of this is possible, is it?
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