The first time I saw Bill after his boy went, we were in the check-out line.
The Comfort of Despair by Laura Young
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.
Immortal Acts by Paul Van Dyke
I believe in the moon landing. That while the rest of the world gazed into the sable night, spacemen bounded untethered of planetary gravity.
Smoke by Mandie Caroll
I don’t like football, but I want my dad to like me, so I stay. I am six.
Welcome to the College of Parenting by Jennie Badger
Dear New Parents: Congratulations on the birth of your precious daughter!
The Elusive Element by Jean Coco
I wanted what my older brothers got after the dentist filled their cavities: mercury.
The Die-Off by Marysa LaRowe
Lake Michigan is not the same as the ocean—no crashing waves, no salt wind, no tidal pools…
The Contender by Peter E. Murphy
Wasn’t it young Johnny Malloy who… said that Father Smith was queer?
On Dogs and Dictators by Joanna Greenberg
My mother frequently told me she wasn’t sure if she loved me, but she sure did love her schnauzers.
K is for Keep Swinging – Violet Defiant Livingston
No one can reach me up here, where the air blows my ponytail back. My mind calms, remembering the familiar song of swinging.
Embers by Kandi Maxwell
It’s been three months since the Camp Fire in Paradise, California…
