Imagine you are a pincushion. A soft landing spot. A tufted gathering place for sharp objects.
How to Treat Migraines with Acupuncture by Jennifer Gallo Gaites
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.
This is a Drill by Katie Burgess
It’s a gray morning close to Halloween when the alarm goes off. We’ve been expecting it.
We Live Here Now by Sarah Marty-Schlipf
I am kneeling between rows of kale and carrots when a thin cry pierces the quiet of my garden.
List of Interventions: Age 4-6 by Heidi Stuber
Homeopathic mini white spheres that shoot out of a small blue vial like pellets. Ashwagandha. L-Theanine. Magnesium. Methylated B-Vitamins.
Why Deny the Obvious Child by Camille U. Adams
In Trinidad, when my mother tells the story of why how she finally left her two-year-old baby, she regales, she relates, she details….
How Does the Heart Function? by Paula Kupchak Hall
The gynasium buzzes. The room is filled with rows of tables, each with a brightly decorated cardboard trifold backdrop on top
It’s Not Hospice by Jeffrey G. Moss
The cacophony is not so distracting that I miss the social worker’s pitch for end of life palliative care, the second in as many days.
Bird Bouquet by Syrah Linsley
You remember hearing how your ancestry traces back to mountain dwellers in Japan.
A Bed as a Memory, a Nap as Foreshadowing by Jamie Murnane
In my memory, the sheets are crisp and white, but that doesn’t make sense to me now.
Skin by Doug Smith
Your father died of melanoma when he was thirty-nine. Now forty, you have moles all over your body…
