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The Heart Sings Its Own Song
The Heart Sings Its Own Song
Magic realism flash fiction about remembrance.
Ambrose Hall
Apr 2, 2018
The Fen
The Fen
August 10th, Monday, 5:24 A.M. — A frost and a fog are on this morning, the beginnings of the perfect fall day. I crawled back into the…
Edd Jennings
Sep 7, 2018
Standing at the Sinners Gate
Standing at the Sinners Gate
(A Twitterature)
Lowen Puckey
Oct 5, 2018
Exchanging Fins for Feet
Exchanging Fins for Feet
When a girl gives up everything will she give up love?
Peculiar Julia
Aug 10, 2018
Sunflower Sky
Sunflower Sky
Your light recipe
Pamela Edwards
Aug 15, 2018
Were It Not for Human Interference
Were It Not for Human Interference
Musings of an intrepid teenage snail
Ulf Wolf
Aug 25
Beebalm
Beebalm
This is not a love story.
Maisie Archer
Aug 11
When Angels Dance
When Angels Dance
They dance you where to go next
Ulf Wolf
Jul 19
The Healer
The Healer
A drabble inspired by Indigenous Australian mythology
Ruth Boukhari
Jun 12
Plucked
Plucked
Mother is dying.
Tejus Yakhob
Apr 3
Small Stories About Big Change
Small Stories About Big Change
Bang! Smash! Screams!
StartledEgg
Jun 9
A Very Small Life
A Very Small Life
W42,812 and the invisible sun
Ulf Wolf
Jun 2
Check on the Graves
Check on the Graves
Flash fiction
Peculiar Julia
May 28
Tugowa
Tugowa
The occasionally loyal doberman
Ulf Wolf
May 12
There’s Something a Little Wrong with Everything
There’s Something a Little Wrong with Everything
She convinces me the dead of night is the best time to bury something you’re finished with. Draws her finger along my spine when I tell her…
CG Miller
May 10
Wrath
Wrath
The stack of tires hides me from view, masks my teenage fear behind the pungent smell of cured rubber. I cower and watch.
CG Miller
Apr 23
Half a Nostril Blocked
Half a Nostril Blocked
Sometimes, everything makes you want to kill
StartledEgg
Apr 12
Trainwreck Relaxing
Trainwreck Relaxing
Finding ways to centre yourself in a difficult world
StartledEgg
Apr 7
A story with no flotation device
A story with no flotation device
I’m in a box. It’s a black box and I’m in it. It’s a square black box, and a noisy one at that. I know it’s a square box because all the…
brenda birenbaum
Mar 10
She Will Walk into a Convenience Store
She Will Walk into a Convenience Store
(bottoms up)
Ann McDowell Wagner
Mar 1
The Illegal Surgery
The Illegal Surgery
Weird things are happening in this bar…
Abhineet Agarwal
Nov 9, 2023
When Life Gives You Pumpkins
When Life Gives You Pumpkins
The girl who has nothing
Peculiar Julia
Sep 2, 2023
Harbinger
Harbinger
a writing prompt
Peculiar Julia
Jul 24, 2023
The Forgetful Rabbit
The Forgetful Rabbit
bizarro flash fiction with shredded carrot sprinkles
Peculiar Julia
Apr 23, 2022
Beyond the Borders
Beyond the Borders
Fantasy
Cynthia A. Morgan
Feb 8, 2022
Murder Most Howl
Murder Most Howl
an as yet unsolved mystery
Peculiar Julia
Feb 5, 2022
After the Train
After the Train
You’re sitting on a gray vinyl bench by the railroad tracks watching the grass grow, your only luggage are the clothes on your back. …
brenda birenbaum
Sep 21, 2021
Experimental Weapons 101
Experimental Weapons 101
weird flash fiction for hedgehogs
Peculiar Julia
Aug 8, 2021
Because Everybody Knows Red Lips are Wanton
Because Everybody Knows Red Lips are Wanton
A lucky snowflake: The girl who has everything but is not clever enough to keep it
Peculiar Julia
Jan 2, 2020
Sophie’s Light
Sophie’s Light
You’re almost there, and your shadow is large
Sable Whisper
Oct 31, 2019
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