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Three years ago, I wouldn't have been able to tell you what flash fiction was.
A bit of escapism - here are some stories that have blown me away since getting into this ff thing.
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A bit of escapism - here are some stories that have blown me away since getting into this ff thing.
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Brad Rose in @MolotovLitZine
"If only my clothes would stop talking in my sleep. Sometimes their questions get stuck in my head."
I reread this every few weeks. Sad, bonkers and beautiful - https://themolotovcocktail.com/about/archive-vols-1-3/vol-8/vol-8-issue-10/bank-job/
"If only my clothes would stop talking in my sleep. Sometimes their questions get stuck in my head."
I reread this every few weeks. Sad, bonkers and beautiful - https://themolotovcocktail.com/about/archive-vols-1-3/vol-8/vol-8-issue-10/bank-job/
@suttonstrother in @moonrabbitcandy
"Once our children had grown, brilliant and well-loved, we scattered them like stars across the black sky of time."
The perfect cosmic time travel micro - https://milkcandyreview.home.blog/2019/02/14/palimpsest-by-sutton-strother/
"Once our children had grown, brilliant and well-loved, we scattered them like stars across the black sky of time."
The perfect cosmic time travel micro - https://milkcandyreview.home.blog/2019/02/14/palimpsest-by-sutton-strother/
@yaelwouden in @moonchildmag
"She sinks. Her mouth in the universe, her nose above."
The Universe in a bath?! This one was a big mind-opener for me -
https://www.moonchildmag.net/yaelvanderwouden.html
"She sinks. Her mouth in the universe, her nose above."
The Universe in a bath?! This one was a big mind-opener for me -
https://www.moonchildmag.net/yaelvanderwouden.html
@StandOnDog in @FlashBackFic
"I wish for cold Sunday mornings, sweet, milky tea and a tool that I can pass to Dad that will fix everything."
The shift in time is done so perfectly in this story - http://flashbackfiction.com/index.php/2019/01/28/senna/
"I wish for cold Sunday mornings, sweet, milky tea and a tool that I can pass to Dad that will fix everything."
The shift in time is done so perfectly in this story - http://flashbackfiction.com/index.php/2019/01/28/senna/
@WorderFarmer in @MoonParkReview
"I have his face and a sink full of hair and not much else."
Another father/son story. I still think about this one a lot - https://moonparkreview.com/issue-three-spring-2018/pale/
"I have his face and a sink full of hair and not much else."
Another father/son story. I still think about this one a lot - https://moonparkreview.com/issue-three-spring-2018/pale/
@SamXiaoCody in @JellyfishReview
"People do bad things when they’re hungry, she said. I am always hungry."
The pacing/ rhythm is so devastatingly good in this one - https://jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/ravenous-by-samantha-xiao-cody/
"People do bad things when they’re hungry, she said. I am always hungry."
The pacing/ rhythm is so devastatingly good in this one - https://jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/ravenous-by-samantha-xiao-cody/
@DinaLRelles in @matchbooklitmag
"Here, a whole world. I pick a seat facing outward, always."
The simple warmth of this piece. I feel it every time I reread it - https://www.matchbooklitmag.com/relles3
"Here, a whole world. I pick a seat facing outward, always."
The simple warmth of this piece. I feel it every time I reread it - https://www.matchbooklitmag.com/relles3
@byron_queen in @Cheap_Pop
"I shot a man with slow blood. “I have slow blood,” he said, as I shot him."
I love this concept, and perfectly executed - http://www.cheappoplit.com/home/2017/3/31/slow-blood-david-byron-queen
"I shot a man with slow blood. “I have slow blood,” he said, as I shot him."
I love this concept, and perfectly executed - http://www.cheappoplit.com/home/2017/3/31/slow-blood-david-byron-queen
@loki_writes in @trampset
"At the end of the world, the weather girl can do anything she ever wanted."
I've gone back to this so one many times this year! https://trampset.org/she-doesnt-anymore-f63b5bb80e81
"At the end of the world, the weather girl can do anything she ever wanted."
I've gone back to this so one many times this year! https://trampset.org/she-doesnt-anymore-f63b5bb80e81
@dazedcharacter in @hypnopompmag
"On the bus home I thought how, if it wasn’t for ET, 1982 really would have been the worst year ever."
I love cultural nostalgia in a story. Adam is one of the best in flash fiction at doing this - https://hypnopompblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/steven-speilberg-is-a-genius-adam-lock-fiction/
"On the bus home I thought how, if it wasn’t for ET, 1982 really would have been the worst year ever."
I love cultural nostalgia in a story. Adam is one of the best in flash fiction at doing this - https://hypnopompblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/steven-speilberg-is-a-genius-adam-lock-fiction/
I could keep going! Maybe I'll add to this thread over time.
Also, I am aware flash fiction was a thing before 2017, so if you can think of any older stories you think I'd like, post them on here!
Also, I am aware flash fiction was a thing before 2017, so if you can think of any older stories you think I'd like, post them on here!
