Stranger’s Bedroom Part 1 I remember the last time I woke up in a stranger’s bedroom. My head throbbed from the drinking, but my body floated weightless in the bed. The night before, the boy in the pink shirt kept lo…

'I remember the last time I woke up in a stranger’s bedroom.'
An interesting juxtaposition between the two parts of this story by AV Anjali Menon in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Apple Kisses Ann doesn’t want her double-layer chocolate cake for tomorrow’s party to rest in the downstairs fridge, but there’s no room in the kitchen. Whenever she slices through the cobwebs in the dank furna…

'Ann doesn’t want her double-layer chocolate cake for tomorrow’s party to rest in the downstairs fridge, but there’s no room in the kitchen.'
A touching story by Tracey Ciccone Edelist in #FlashFictionMagazine
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The Last Migration You really are a handsome fellow. With that crest at your throat, which catches the sunlight in a shimmer of violet, and the emerald of your back that gleams so brilliantly it seems stolen from a j…

'But I often wonder if it was I who played some part in your decline.'
The Last Migration by A.A.Reyes in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Hostages We’re driving to his mother’s funeral. The two of us sit shoulder-to-shoulder in a rental car because he can’t absolve owning something outright. He drives with one hand on the wheel, the other on …

'He drives off with the beetle and I trace the edge of the wind with my fingers, trying to find the seams where someone, years ago, stitched the world together.'
Hostages by Yvette Naden in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Bonfires Elaine doesn’t tell the doctor about the dog: that it appeared on the day her sister Grace had died. The doctor mentions the “chaos” stage of grief and prescribes her something. She stops listening…

'Outside, the world is winnowed out, an inert crumbling of bleached earth under a flat, merciless blue sky.'
A beautiful but stark exploration of grief by Alex Glebe in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Dad’s Avatar Michael will resurrect, mourn, and bury his father today.  He hangs his tie and suit jacket in the closet, throws the shirt and pants in the laundry basket, and stares at his father’s old BowF…

'Sometimes, the program doesn’t quite capture his father’s personality from all the text, photos, and video Michael uploaded.'
An interesting exploration humans vs. AI by Eric Sentell in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Coming Into the Closet I’m not a practiced thief. I have no burglary skills, no cache of valuable stolen goods, no close encounters with the law. The closest I’ve come was littering the sidewalk, next to a sign that said…

'I’m not a practiced thief. I have no burglary skills, no cache of valuable stolen goods, no close encounters with the law.'
Fun #flashfiction by Terry Black in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Big Stan’s Memory Shop Another rejection. Adam shut his laptop and slammed his hand on the desk. They’d wanted raw, visceral, heartrending. So he’d used some of the money he’d been saving for his first car to buy a doozy…

'Adam had hesitated before putting on the visor for the memory transfer.'
Great speculative fiction story by @meaningseeker.bsky.social in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Checkers Horsefly claimed to have gotten his nickname from his bronc riding days but could no longer remember why. He often had that faraway look in his eyes that made Leroy, the night orderly, think he was…

'Horsefly claimed to have gotten his nickname from his bronc riding days but could no longer remember why.'
Fun back & forth piece, strong voice & great ending by Dirk Kortz in #FlashFictionMagazine
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Blister Buster I was broke and desperate when I came across an ad on Craigslist seeking a size eleven to break in a new pair of Dr. Martens. Most ads were scams targeting unskilled college-educated bottom feeders…

'I was broke and desperate when I came across an ad on Craigslist seeking a size eleven to break in a new pair of Dr. Martens.'
Fabulouly quirky & brilliant piece by Daniel Krieger in #FlashFictionMagazine
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The Lamp My dad ate scorched eggs in the dark corner of the breakfast nook in our courtyard apartment off Hollywood Boulevard. When he finished, he pushed the plate away, lit a cigarette, and downed what wa…

'My dad ate scorched eggs in the dark corner of the breakfast nook in our courtyard apartment off Hollywood Boulevard.'
Wonderful circularity in 'The Lamp' by Tony Payne #FlashFictionMagazine
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The Star Catcher He was only a baby when he caught his first one. His mother was cradling him in the rocker on the front porch, and the stars were especially bright that night. Suddenly, he coughed, just a faint li…

'Suddenly, he coughed, just a faint little sound, and one of the glowing things popped right out of his mouth and floated before them.'
Beautifully-rendered and surreal piece by Chloe D. #FlashFictionMagazine
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Please The radiator in Lisa’s steamy bedroom fights against outside’s raw Sunday. White sky clings to bare branches. Her parents are away, her younger sister, too. Lisa and me, and Max the dog stare at th…

'The radiator in Lisa’s steamy bedroom fights against outside’s raw Sunday. White sky clings to bare branches.'

Love this opening and this piece by @mauroaltamura8.bsky.social in #FlashFictionMagazine

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Godmothers, Godgirls

This was meant to be my first published story, but in a lovely turn of fate, it’s now my second. 🥹
‘Godmothers, Godgirls’ is an ode to women working in crisis. Originally written for @twistinthetale.bsky.social, you can now read it here flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/06... #FlashFictionMagazine

Looking for a #workshop about writing a novella-in-flash? Look no further than this two-part workshop by the wonderful @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social #FlashFictionMagazine
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