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Month: May 2020

Attachments by Rita Plush

May 31, 2020 admin 4 Comments

I push forward. I pull back. Push forward. Pull back. Forward. Back. My hand grips the handle of my Shark “ultra-light upright,” walks it through my apartment. White noise constant, silencing my grief-stricken brain. She’s not dead. She’s not dead. …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Rita Plush

Mops-a-Lot by Anita G. Gorman

May 30, 2020 admin 1 Comment

No one sells door to door anymore. That’s why I was surprised when my doorbell rang and a young man with red hair and freckles stood on my stoop holding an array of mops.

I wasn’t sure I should open …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Anita G. Gorman

Finally by David Derey

May 29, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Tired of dancing with death

she began 

flirting with life.…

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: David Derey

My Weakness by Sean Fisher

May 28, 2020 admin 1 Comment

This party was fucking awful. Everyone lost in an alcoholic, and probably some pill infused trance. College parties are such a joke. She took my hand, and I follow. She was the reason for being here. Surrounded by dozens of …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Sean Fisher

Empire Liquors by Craig W. Colbrook

May 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

My father always told me that the most important thing in owning your own business is inventory. He opened up this liquor store, and I swear to god, he could tell you exactly how many cases of Miller Lite he …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Craig W. Colbrook

Insecurity Unmasked by Susan Sarver

May 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The mask hides her bad teeth. Her eyes smile constantly.

Susan Sarver is a Chicago-based writer and painter. She completed an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University-Cascades and is the author of Returning to College, Continuing to Learn, …

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: Susan Sarver

Again and Again by Jacek Wilkos

May 25, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Their Hell was perpetual fear. Russian roulette with empty chambers.

Jacek Wilkos is an engineer from Poland. He lives with his wife and daughter in a beautiful city of Cracow. He is addicted to buying books, he loves black coffee, …

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: Jacek Wilkos

In the Arms of the Maple by Dawn DeBraal

May 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Vera climbed into her favorite spot behind the house, the branches of the large maple tree, a place of solace. Birds sang, the wind blew through the fields of grass surrounding their property, she breathed in the smell of blooming …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Dawn Debraal

The Lifeguard by Michael Gigandet

May 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

1968: Shipwrecked

In the summer of 1968, right after my mother’s latest relationship catastrophe, my sisters and I found ourselves in a two-bedroom apartment on the south side of Nashville, bewildered shipwreck survivors washed up on a beach after a …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Michael Gigandet

Role reversal by Louise Worthington

May 21, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Monday

Mum’s shopping bags split and the frozen dreams, the pre-cooked hopes tumble out onto the kitchen floor.

Tuesday

In the bathroom I find her searching in the medicine cabinet peering in-between the pills, lotions, cremes looking for a miracle …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Louise Worthington

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