Issue Fifty-One

March 2016

From the Editor

Flash fiction can often be just like those nebulous jellyfish on our beautiful cover art by Jessica Gawinski. Floating in a larger world, its soft edges blurring. Some flash feels like you can put your hand through it. The story wants to sting you. It’s there, in front of you, but still indistinct, still difficult… Continue reading Issue Fifty-One

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Copycat Claire Polders(Read author interview)
Leonardo or Lenin or Princess Diana Kendra Fortmeyer(Read author interview)
Consequence Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes(Read author interview)
Where We Learn to Bang Our Heads Against A Brick Wall Bix Gabriel(Read author interview)
Unconfirmed Christopher Locke(Read author interview)
Dollhead Vanessa Mártir(Read author interview)
The Favorite Person Lorie Broumand(Read author interview)
Daddy’s Boy Denne Michele Norris(Read author interview)
Some Cool Heaven Emma Smith-Stevens(Read author interview)
Real Sports Shasta Grant(Read author interview)
The One About a Guy Walking into a Bar Tyler Barton(Read author interview)
Foresight Lara Ehrlich(Read author interview)
The Abaya Leonora Desar(Read author interview)
Transplanting Lisa Smithies(Read author interview)
Scooter Meredith Alling(Read author interview)
Sea of Love Maria Mutch(Read author interview)
Determining the Gull Bone Index James R. Gapinski(Read author interview)
The Final Problem Scott Onak(Read author interview)
The Girl with the Egg Tim Raymond(Read author interview)
The Brittle Man James Nokes(Read author interview)
Thank Jesus Jillian Jackson(Read author interview)

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