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The Conspirators
A country descends into civil war and dangerous choices must be made.
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When to take a pregnancy test and when to prune roses
When risky, tantalising sex brings you back to your roses
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The Wrong Person Goodnight
Old friends reconnect with all the danger and fragility of the night.
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Unfit for Execution
Can you dream your own death? Once, while sleeping, my life was spared because I had a cold.
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Letter from Irene Hecht to Ise Frank after Jana Revedin’s book, “Jeder Nennt Mich Frau Bauhaus: Das Leben der Ise Frank.”
Ise, gifted photographer, writes to Irene, visionary wife of Walter Gropius
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#FlashFriday, Editor's Pick, Fiction
I Dwell in Books
Mental health seen through the lens of mysticism and the the salvation of art.
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Daytime Moon
A young child learns about meditation and oranges.
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#FlashFriday, Editor's Pick, ff
Violet
The later life and decline of a woman who lives with lust and adventure.
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Checkpoint
A man arrives at a checkpoint between two warring lands, hoping to be admitted.
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#FlashFriday, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick
Love in the Time of Corona
A brittle love story in the time of corona
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Halloween Flash Friday: Best Laid Plans
The macabre nature of salvation – when a group of climate-thwarted species is threatened by unforeseen and violent danger
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The Rose
‘The Rose’ is a piece of flash fiction set in a hospice.
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The Painful Love and Gratifying Hatred
A young mother reflects on the currents that pass through families, as she tucks her child to sleep.
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Sugar Free
A sinister introduction to cola
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Streetkid Refugee
The illusions and terrors of the seaborne refugee.
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The Vital Heart of the Flash Fiction Story
I didn’t fall for flash fiction straightaway. There was an attraction, but I wasn’t sure about this fleeting, incisive form until I tried to nail it.
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Inheritance
There is a legend in my family, that the women came from the sea.
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The Moon-Reading God Tsukuyomi Fails to Read His Wife
The heavenly pursuit of man and woman across the skies.
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#FlashFriday, Editor's Pick, Uncategorised
Our Fridge
A young boy’s perspective on his family’s fridge, inside and out.
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Shortlisted flash story (and WINNER) Isolation theme: Dust
The alarming alterations – and unalterable sameness – of existence under Covid restrictions.
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