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Category: Flash Fiction

Swing Dancing by James Bates

January 19, 2021 admin 2 Comments

Swing dancing night at the Orchard Lake Retirement Home. “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,” sang the singer. 

Jerry could dig it as he sat off to the side in the community room, watching.  One …

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Triangles by Phebe Jewell

January 15, 2021 admin 2 Comments

Most people on board are already drunk by the time the sun slips behind the mountains. I’m nursing a beer at the stern, mesmerized by the white waves churning in the ship’s wake. I don’t like fireworks, but Fred loves …

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Reality by Yash Seyedbagheri

January 9, 2021 admin Leave a comment

New Year’s Eve, I swig champagne, relishing the elegant oval glass.

For a moment, I’m a dandy in a pinstripe suit, not an asshole in faded navy-blue sweatpants, courtesy of thrift shops.

Another swig.

I’m tsar of Russia, a diplomat, …

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The Pictures on the Wall by Anuradha Dev

January 5, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Akshay:  Rhea, show me your home. 

Rhea: Why?

Akshay: I wanna see it. Take a video and send it to me. 

Rhea: What? No. I’m busy. 

Akshay: Doing what? Tweeting how pissed you are at the way minorities are being …

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The Fat Man with the Gun by Kate Mahony

January 1, 2021 admin Leave a comment

My personal trainer says you must tell the police about the murder of that girl, my friend says as we sit down to dinner in a restaurant in London. I haven’t seen her for a year at least and we …

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Poles Apart by Chris Tattersall

December 31, 2020 admin 1 Comment

His test results were good. Despite years of smoking heavily and drinking far too much, it appeared that there had been no negative impact on his health. The doctor, with all the resources of a twenty first century health service …

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Purple by Patience Mackarness

December 26, 2020 admin 1 Comment

Meet: Gino’s, 8 pm.   

Proceed to: Assorted venues of disgraceful memory – Limerick, Fat Fred’s, etc etc.   

Bring: A suitable poem or song.   

Partying till dawn anticipated. Acting your age strictly prohibited!  

Roberta dyes her hair back …

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Blue Earth County by Zach Murphy

December 20, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In Blue Earth County, the winters are bitter, but the summers that yield bad crops are even harder to reconcile with.

Mary Anne has the broadest shoulders in all of Southern Minnesota. She wakes up and begins work before dawn …

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Last wishes by John Young

December 9, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In the front pew of the church Mary Brokenworth stands trying to suppress a smile as the coffin containing the body of her late husband Charlie is wheeled down the aisle at the start of the final lap of its …

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Dog Days by Dan Brotzel

November 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The heatwave chokes down on another endless day. Somehow, when we open the windows, the air in the flat becomes even heavier. 

We both gave up smoking soon after we got together – it was one of those positive, proactive …

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