I am seeing someone else and we are done, he announced, over the phone.
He Said, I Said by Cindy Dean Jones
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.
Everything is Going to Be Alright by Victoria Mack
My mother is looking at the television, which is on mute, and her small mouth is open.
Flinch by Sonja Livingston
The point was to hide your fear. Feel afraid but don’t flinch.
Antennae Twitching with Precision by Remi Recchia
Bright lights girl-not-girl examined by nurse in clean clean clean. Looking for cuts, looking for bruises, looking for something unseen.
The Ponytail by Wendy Besel Hahn
Alone in the backseat, I studied my three-year-old sister’s golden-brown ringlets…
How to Treat Migraines with Acupuncture by Jennifer Gallo Gaites
Imagine you are a pincushion. A soft landing spot. A tufted gathering place for sharp objects.
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….
