Fiction, Flash Friday

AKALA AKA

A West African village grapples with algorithmic futures until the system fails and older wisdom returns. Rich cultural voice meets speculative premise. In the town of Kijani, the future arrived every ...

by anselm eme • 30th May 202630th May 2026

Fiction, Flash Friday, Future Archives, Story Sunday

The Cancellation of Michael Z 

One morning, Michael Z. wakes to silence then to scandal. T.L. Huchu’s story is a cutting, darkly comic portrait of literary culture, AI authorship, and the speed of public ruin.

by tenhuc • 30th May 202630th May 2026

Fiction, Flash Fiction Contest, Flash Friday, flash-friday

Chances Are

By John Brantingham “Chances Are” was selected for Litro’s The Odds Are In shortlist through a blind editorial process. Shortly after submission, we were informed that its author, John Brantingham, had ...

by johnbrantingham • 30th May 20265th June 2026

Editor's Pick, ff, Fiction, Flash Friday, Technology

MORNING IN LOVE

“We were home from college and back with our parents. We didn’t want to barricade the door or worry who might be behind on the other side. All we wanted ...

by larry • 1st August 202415th January 2026

Editor's Pick, ff, Fiction, Flash Friday, Technology

BUSINESS TRIPPING

It usually took an hour to get to her office so that was annoying in itself. I’ve reached the point where a 20-minute drive makes me start looking for a ...

by tony press • 1st August 202415th January 2026

Editor's Pick, ff, Fiction, Flash Friday, Technology

The Ballad of the Needy Restroom

“But I am not hungry; I just ate.” “So sorry, but that’s the policy. You want to use our restroom, no problem. But you must be a customer first and ...

by craig loomis • 1st August 202415th January 2026

Editor's Pick, Flash Friday

Ella’s Letter to the Editor of the Universe

Hey, you. Someone has balled the clouds and thrown them into one corner of the sky—the clouds getting together up there, and moving this way. Someone has sharpened the trees and jammed ...

by ampydoo • 5th May 20235th May 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Hope Pier is a Real Place (But It’s Not Necessarily Where I Say It Is)

“What do you do when your world shrinks? I go to the river.” Today’s #FlashFriday piece is “Hope Pier is a Real Place” by Tavia Allan.

by tavia • 7th April 20237th April 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

When You Are With People

“When you are with people the first drink of the day needs to be blessed.” Today’s #FlashFriday piece is “When You Are with People” by Colin Gee.

by colinmgee • 31st March 20231st April 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Word Salad

On my doorstep a package. On the package no name but I’m pretty sure it’s from my mom even though she died 10 years ago today.

by rmbeary • 28th October 202211th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Come for Me

We swung in the wooden swing, creaking back and forth, or rocked in paint-pealing chairs while she and my parents talked of weather, war, politics, or relatives.

by nilesreddick • 23rd September 202214th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Necessary Measures

Only after the tanks had rolled into the capital, and the intractable president had been hanged, did the officers of the occupying force relax enough to enjoy the spring sun ...

by gabrightwell • 2nd September 202214th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Flash Friday

What We Saw

Without our secrets, we did not have a body. Without our secrets, we did not need a body.

by kayalvizhi • 5th August 20225th August 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday, Technology

Fish Brain

Rimac. Fish, 1000–1476. Cotton, slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago; Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. You fail to see it coming. It’s always zombie humans ...

by michelle wilson • 18th March 202215th January 2026

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

a set somewhere hidden in Hollywood

Photo by Dave Winer a set somewhere hidden in Hollywood kept out of sight not because the filming was a flop no because it worked out only too well and has somehow ...

by hupac • 11th March 202216th March 2022

Books, Editor's Pick, Flash Friday

Kali’s Tongue

On finding oneself

by rituparna sahoo • 4th March 20225th March 2022