When I casually mention that a cloud has appeared in my vision, do not call me a hypochondriac…
How to Respond to a Friend’s Bad News by Liz Charlotte Grant
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.
Nice Day for It by Kristin Griffin
There’d be an alert on my weather app—severe thunderstorm watch, flash flood warning, excessive heat until 8 p.m.
Twilight by Cristina Flores
It was your idea. When we had already done all there was to do in a summer.
The Comfort of Despair by Laura Young
The first time I saw Bill after his boy went, we were in the check-out line.
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?
