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Jim’s Shorts

microfiction (<250 words), flash (250 to 1000), lots of 100- and 50-word stories

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A person stirs a yellow substance in a clear bowl. Egg shells are in a carton on the counter. Mom’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Jim Latham | Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash

Mom’s Lemon Meringue Pie

Flash Fiction

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A teenaged girl with blonde hair looks at her phone with an indistinct shopping center in the background. The Kid Calls Home by Jim Latham | Photo by Daria Nepriakhina 🇺🇦 on Unsplash

The Kid Calls Home

Kids and parents

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Ants swarm a partially eaten apple resting on moss-covered stones. Rotten Apples and Scented Candles by Jim Latham

Rotten Apples and Scented Candles

Prompted flash fiction (cat, sword, New York)

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Bananas, mangoes, pineapple at a juice stand. Mangoes Not Folders by Jim Latham | Photo by Stephen Broome on Unsplash

Mangoes Not Folders

On the origin of names

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Some dude trying to look like a mobster in front of a fancy German car. Same Name Exactly by Jim Latham | Photo by Ana Itonishvili on Unsplash

Same Name Exactly

Not all sons love their fathers

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A vulture in a tree. Where Vultures Are Known as Zopilotes by Jim latham

Where Vultures Are Known as Zopilotes

Prompted Flash Fiction (trousers, dog, desert)

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A powerplant is backlit by sun and cloud. Used to Be by Jim Latham | Photo by Malcolm Lightbody on Unsplash

Used to Be

Micro cli-fi (dystopian drabble)

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Noon in Florida

Burgers and time zones

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Keeping Time

Does music really obliterate time?

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A girl, a book of spells, a forest, some fire. No Time for Caterpillars by Jim Latham

No Time for Caterpillars

Prompted Flash Fiction (caterpillar, DMV, throwing star)