I killed the birds the day I left my husband. Three of them; no stones
Before Lent by Jane Murray Bird
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.
Big Wigs by Colter Jackson
After they went home at night, my mother brought me with her to the factory to clean up after the Big Wigs, not to teach me how to clean, but to teach me how not to spend my life…
Newborn Sparrow by Teri McDowell Ott
Heading out the driveway, my finger searched for the START button on my sports watch as I prepared to stretch my body into a long mid-morning run.
Grocery Stories by Shaun Turner
On Tuesdays, old Appalachian men swarm the Kroger parking lot. In pairs, the old men wear polo shirts or plaid button-ups in primary colors.
The Saturday Before and After the Wednesday In Between by Joe Oswald
The convenience store is five blocks from home. I stop there often after work, and the manager smiles at me when I enter because I’m one of those husbands who after filling up with gas, stops in for soda, snacks, or anything else…
The Trouble with Loving Poets by Elizabeth Zaleski
The trouble with loving poets is that they leave a long paper trail. They want you to read it, too.
A Mother’s Guide to Leukemia and Its Aftermath by Cindy Winetroub Rogers
It’s true what they say. It’s rarely good when your phone rings after midnight.
After I Glimpse the Phenomenal Blurb on Page 153 by Charnell Peters
We move to page 154. The walls moan like a grandmother who has walked up too many steps. Then they settle back into their braces. No one else seems to feel the shift…
Rhythm by Isaac Yuen
I discovered truth one day during my seventh shot with a tennis ball machine, as imparted by a one-handed topspin backhand. At the time no thought was given…
After the Accident by Kathleen Boyle
You have to use the other hand, your left hand. Everything is different…
