We have some fantastic flash fiction lined up this month. Here’s a little taster to whet your appetite.
Creep up on it, lest it melt like a sherbet spell on the tongue of night, and your chafing, blistered efforts leave you breathless for nothing.
‘Chasing Moonbows’ by Farhana Khalique, 6 March 2020
She hates this. Always has. Always will, though she tries not to think in future-crushing edicts like that. A hangover from when she worked harder at being happy.
‘What People Do’ by Lauren Everdell, 13 March 2020
He picks up his paper again, rattling it into his lap. It’s incredible how quickly he gets bored of her when she’s not giving him food or sex, and nothing else can kill his interest quite like a mention of her hobbies.
‘Cowgirl Blues’ by Louise Hoffman, 20 March 2020
The soles of his feet tingle as they recall the metallic chill of each rung of the ladder he had climbed back down, the shame of it all imprinted in the cracks between his toes.
‘The Diver’ by Jennifer Harvey, 27 March 2020
If you want to submit a flash for publication on our website, see out submissions page.
