The trouble with loving poets is that they leave a long paper trail. They want you to read it, too.
The Trouble with Loving Poets by Elizabeth Zaleski
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.
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…
Eavesdropping by Susan Lilley
…your dad put on a Bossa nova record and the other dads clustered by the stereo, talking about vacations, real estate, cars, baseball, their icy old-fashioneds jingling like tambourines.
Release by Candace Forrest Jaffe
Meeting the puppy for the first time, my brother shook his head and looked at me like I’d made another bad decision.
Six Flash Essays from ‘Leaving Instructions’ by Gail Hosking
I offer you these two cups of air, said the rabbi under the chuppa. One for you, and one for you. Though I’ll not tell you whose is whose.
Science for Boys by Dave Wheeler
With small but steady hands, the care of a surgeon, I bring my Swiss Army knife to the center of my latest subject: a faded green rabbit of matted velveteen…
Distance by J.R. Lara
…the sound of a deer approaching is like a pulse: equal parts soft thudding clod and ground shake. For a moment, you think it might be a heartbeat. You think it might be your own.
