This Thursday when Leah comes to my farm to pick up her weekly produce box, all her hair is gone. Just like that.
When All Her Hair Is Gone by Jaclyn Moyer
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.
Build and Build and Build Again by Ronnie K. Stephens
Here is a town that has learned from its history; a town that does not fight the mountain, does not fight the river. The mine shaft opens its mouth. Holds two bodies in its teeth until they are wet and blue and soft. Come back.
String Theory by Lisa Rivero
The ball of string fits reassuringly in my hand, smaller than a softball but just bigger than a baseball. Its perfect sphericity seems impossible against my palm, testament to the care and diligence with which it was wound.
Spring Break, Freshman Year by Julie Stotz-Ghosh
I’m alone in my parent’s house, painting the first floor bedrooms where my grandmother and parents usually sleep.
Hunger and Sleep by Matt Jones
If I want bread in this household, I have to go to my wife’s bed. I don’t mean to imply an economy of sex for grains, because that’s not the case.
Rat Trailer by Amy Elisabeth Smith
When I used a dustpan to swish all the mice and rats to one side of the box, I thought about all the different ways to be a mom.
Ode to a Sugar Cloud by Maria Ivkovic Manuccia
The dish is simple: raw egg yolks and equal parts sugar beat vigorously by hand or with an electric mixer, until the mixture is light and frothy.
Losing Weight by Melanie Brooks
At the end of each visit, I leave something behind. A scrap of memory. A knot of sadness. A shard of fear.
Words with the Hospital Chaplain by Asha Dore
I keep thinking about this word: bifurcates. It means to split, like the heart splits into different valves or the bronchi split into separate lungs.
Too Long Tea by Richard LeBlond
She waved her arm along a cabinet adjacent to the counter, filled with maybe 15 clear glass containers of loose tea, most with names I had never heard of.
