John Gifford: three flashes

Added to the archive today we’re happy to share John Gifford’s three flashes “Worms,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Even Lifetime Warranties Have Expiration Dates” — now included in Wish You Were Here (Big Table, 2016):

John Gifford - three flash stories [sample]

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Meredith Summers: Loose Lips Ruin Invasions

Readers, today we’re sharing, for your eyefeasting, from issue 3.1, a glistering flash by Meredith Summers, “Loose Lips Ruin Invasions“:

Meredith Summers - Loose Lips Ruin Invasions [sample]

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Pushcart Nominees 2015

Dear Readers, about this time each year the Pushcart nomination season offers an opportunity to honor a few of our authors. These choices are tough, as we love all the work we publish, and everyone on the team helped out. For the Pushcart Prizes XLI we nominate:

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Katie Johansen: two CNF flashes

It’s a rough edged front rolling in, though they say this winter’ll be milder than last. Today from the archive we’re proud to provide these brief creative nonfiction pieces by Katie Johansen, from SC 3.1, “Hard Candy” and “Delicate”:

Katie Johansen - Hard Candy; Delicate [sample]2

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Meredith Alling: Small Man

Readers, hey guess what! You won’t believe what we saw last night in Meredith Alling‘s “Small Man“:

Meredith Alling - Small Man [sample]

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