When I was three, I cut my hair with safety scissors just to hear the sound of the blade.
Glossary of Inversions by A.N. Weissman
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.
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.”
The Shipwreck by Anne Giordano
I am determined to reach the shipwreck before we leave.
She is Crying by Allya Yourish
I am trying to speak sense into a seven-year-old.
Say the Word by Annamaria Formichella
Two neighborhood girls arrive. A few years older than me, they’re here to smoke and look cool…
Greed by Tori Walters
I want the shorts, the sweatshirts, the hairbands, the half empty packets of gum…
Ghouls by Hillary Wentworth
That earthy smell, cotton starched stiff by the sun. A sheet on the line.
