The fine metal sweat-stink of thirteen.
Double Dutch by Margaret Luongo
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.
Grief always has a future by JJ Peña
the day’s weeping heat, you’re driving over the speed limit down a random highway
Mink by Kathryn Ganfield
Driving a wooded road wreathed with fern and bramble, I spot a dark divot ahead.
Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam by Andrea Lius
I turned on my side when I heard the gentle flick of the light switch.
There There by Sonja Larsen
There there, my father says to the crying baby he is rocking in his arms…
Glossary of Inversions by A.N. Weissman
When I was three, I cut my hair with safety scissors just to hear the sound of the blade.
The Ice in Spring by Matthew Trumbull
It was late April and I was nine, roaming the muddy woods near Lake Minnewashta with Aaron and Michael…
Empty Nesting by Melanie McGehee
She came to me looking like a dried-up ball of rotting twine.
Avoid Windows by Michael Gutierrez
The official text comes a few minutes later…. Go inside now; avoid windows.
Highway Arithmetic by Chuck Rybak
My father is the compass that bleeds. “Turn left here. Another left up ahead.”
