Category: Flash

An archive of all of the flash creative nonfiction / flash CNF we’ve published over the years. Our flash category is specifically for pieces up to 800 words.

My father tells me to come to the hardware store with him because my brother’s too busy playing with dolls.

I often catch myself doing that thing pregnant women do as their hands rest just below the tip of their bosoms….

It’s five o’clock in the morning and you are on your way to work at the country store.

Your mother meant it, she really meant it, when she told you to stop whining.

You thought you’d be more prepared for the email. You knew it was coming.

I stand before an array of gurgling and spitting pots loaded with this summer’s bounty…

According to the internet, orange increases oxygen supply to the brain to produce an invigorating effect and stimulate mental activity.

I do solemnly swear, that I will give you your afternoon nap.

The first time I had a word for what happened to me, I was squatting over a toilet, trying not to touch the seat.

We were caught in the storm, crossing Aziscohos Lake in your beat-up aluminum canoe

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