The first one died in my hands an hour after coming home. I mishandled it.
Atlas Fledgling by Youssef Biaz
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.
At The One Month Visit by Anne Falkowski
The bandage used to bind Sam’s chest after top surgery lays crumpled on the exam room table.
Security by Bridgette Shade
If his kidneys fail and you have his nose, will your kidneys fail?
Hands of a Maker by Rayya Liebich
I would like to know the hands of the woman in Palestine who plunged her needle with saffron and marigold thread ….
Gay Boy Cuddles by Michael Nagle
I’d thought gay love was about f**king.
A Letter to Mother with the Long Hair by Jen Machajewski
It’s funny that I should remember it as long when you so rarely wore it down.
Help Wanted: Pre-Emptive Griever by Casey Mulligan Walsh
Seeking someone compelled to obsess on the possibility of a tragic outcome in all situations….
An Index for Motherhood by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon
… anxiety / in all of us, see also: allergy…
Kansas by Melissa Goodnight
The carnival lights enticed. Purple and red reflecting off the wet blacktop. Freshly tarred.
Haunting by Sydney Chaffee
Your mother still comes to the soccer game every spring, the one we started in your honor the year you died…
