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Instead of the Glass
by Randall Brown
 art by Ashley Inguanta |
I shatter her foot, and in the honeymoon pictures she lies in bed, smiling for the camera, her foot raised and ice-wrapped. The wedding picture shows only the tiniest of winces. At one point, it will all come out. It is almost fun, waiting for it.
Read the interview.
Randall Brown is the author of the award-winning flash fiction collection Mad to Live. He directs and teaches at Rosemont College's MFA in Creative Writing Program. He appears in The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field and in The Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction. He's also the founder of Matter Press, its online magazine The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, and the blog FlashFiction.Net.
Ashley Inguanta is an MFA student at the University of Central Florida and teaches two Introduction to Creative Writing classes. She also has worked as a creative writing instructor at Lakeside Alternative, a mental health facility. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Pindeldyboz, Elephant Journal, and All Things Girl. She recently earned an honorable mention in Glimmer Train for their Very Short Fiction Award. Ashley was nominated as UCF's choice for the AWP Intro Journals Award in fiction.
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Issue Thirty-Two (June 27, 2011):
Bible Camp by Wyatt Bonikowski «»
Instead of the Glass by Randall Brown «»
Sum of Her Parts by Katie Cortese «»
Cotton Fever by Brandon Courtney «»
Three Girls by Trent England «»
Pebble in a Pool by Frances Gonzalez «»
Elephants by James Greer «»
All My Friends Are a Lot Like Me by Kyle Hemmings «»
Marbles Loosed by Jac Jemc «»
Twining by Donna Laemmlen «»
On Becoming Women by Cynthia Larsen «»
Belly of a Fish by Rachel Mangini «»
After Stories by Dylan Mohr «»
People Go to Jail for This by Dave Newman «»
Gradius by Brian Oliu «»
Last Sight of Land by Heather Peterson «»
You Alone Are Privy to This Vision by Eliezra Schaffzin «»
The Tycoon by Curtis Smith «»
An 8mm Clip of Violence by Peter Stenson «»
A Morning Routine by Weike Wang «»
Interviews:
Wyatt Bonikowski «»
Randall Brown «»
Katie Cortese «»
Brandon Courtney «»
Trent England «»
Frances Gonzalez «»
James Greer «»
Kyle Hemmings «»
Jac Jemc «»
Donna Laemmlen «»
Cynthia Larsen «»
Rachel Mangini «»
Dylan Mohr «»
Dave Newman «»
Brian Oliu «»
Heather Peterson «»
Eliezra Schaffzin «»
Curtis Smith «»
Peter Stenson «»
Weike Wang «»
Cover Art "Doll Parts" by Marty D. Ison «»
Letter From the Editors
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