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Month: November 2021

Circle: The Drain by Greg Hill

November 30, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Alarm. Traffic. Meetings. Drinks. Insomnia. Die a little more. Repeat.


Greg Hill is an experimental poet, a flash fiction writer, and an adjunct professor of English in West Hartford, Connecticut. His work has appeared in Six Sentences, The Writing Disorder, …

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: Greg Hill

Unfinisher by Paul Traynor

November 29, 2021 admin Leave a comment

I don’t tend to finish many things that I start. I am eager to however. I want to finish what I start. It frustrates me when I don’t. It depresses me much of the time that I don’t. But it …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Paul Traynor

Who Said by Christine Emmert

November 28, 2021 admin Leave a comment


Rumor abounded. I could not find the original mouth for it. They said all manner of things. I cringed to think I was the heroine of the story. I never ran home that night, leaving the blasted slipper behind. I …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Christine Emmert

Fluffy by Gary Ballard

November 27, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Clare’s canary no longer sings. Cat in basket, purring contently.…

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: Gary Ballard

Clerical Error by Zary Fekete

November 26, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Emmanuel’s job was boring. He had already ridden the 200 meter line of railroad track 5 times that day. But he didn’t complain. He had only been in New Brunswick for about six months, and he didn’t want to give …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Zary Fekete

Dream Guest List for Thanksgiving by Susan Sarver

November 25, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Pleasant introverts bearing wine, comedians, quiet dogs that lick plates.…

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

Maternal Instinct by Mercedes Lawry

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Jerry’s bent on tossing him out. It’s not something mothers are good at. He’s not even here half the time. And he hasn’t been stealing from us, at least I don’t think so. It’s the drugs – the usual culprit. …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Mercedes Lawry

Memories Imagined by Jill Abell

November 24, 2021 admin Leave a comment

I was never one who understood the appeal of the road less traveled. I had no interest in bouncing along an unknown pitted path, dust and gravel spewing in every direction, in search of some precarious destination. The allure of …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Jill Abell

Table 5 by Padmini Krishnan

November 23, 2021 admin Leave a comment

The commercial street in my town was busy, littered with youth on Valentine’s Day. Youth buying something, youth cuddling with each other and youth engaged in bargaining. Senior and middle-aged citizens were stared upon that day. The coffee shop in …

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The Good Chef by Zenstateofmind

November 22, 2021 admin Leave a comment

He cannot cook without washing his hands.
To him, food and cooking  are like inseparable lovers. His kitchen skills will tell you how much he knows about making love.

The way he  stirs his meal to  make it tender and …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Zenstateofmind

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