Follow the best travel route for your Black skin. A route that passes through major cities and thoroughfares.
I’ll Be Seeing You: A Black Woman Travels in 2017 by DW McKinney
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.
How to be a Writer in Residence by Brad Wetherell
The only other adults you’ll see most days will be the two dorm parents—both named Chuck.
Earth Is the Answer by Daniel K Miller
“Should I mark ‘Earth’ for ‘Which planet in our solar system can support life?’” the boy asks.
Foresight by Gwen Niekamp
Watch closely as I walk the three blocks up to Horton’s Hardware by myself while my parents are at work.
All the Life That I’ve Known by Will McMillan
The shower in my motel room heats quickly, so I don’t have to be wet, cold and naked for long.
Gui Hua by Erica Cao
Ten seasons of gui hua have passed since I last walked with Uncle.
Congestion by Michael Cuglietta
He called the nitroglycerin tablets his “lifesavers,”… He kept them, always, within reach.
To the Miami University Payroll Lady by Frenci Nguyen
You might not remember me, but I’m the dark-haired, Texas-born, Asian-American graduate student who visited the Payroll Office the other day…
Inside My Mother’s Mouth by AM Roselli
Last night the stars fell down and landed on my mother’s fingertip, specifically her right index finger where her dream occurred.
In Transit by Erica Plouffe Lazure
Here at the St. Thomas airport in mid-March, we feel the urgency of the transition, the awareness of how we position our bodies…
