Out past the headland, an old fisherman rows against the pull of the tide and his own life’s weight. In Devil’s Teeth, Gerri Brightwell renders the sea as both adversary ...
A refugee dinner in postwar New York becomes a haunting reckoning with class, memory, and survival.
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It is a pleasure to announce Litro’s nominations for the annual Best Small Fictions anthology. Congratulations to this year’s nominees.
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Quirkiness meets tradition amidst the whimsical chaos of Mierenhoop’s Fête de l’Âne, with Olivia, Santa the donkey, and a reluctant Uncle Ryan. A festive flash fiction.
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Family trauma, China’s turbulent history, and the specter of death. ‘Invisible Wings’: a tale of survival, resilience, and magic.
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Experience the chilling beauty of ‘Pinnacle’ as winter’s grasp embraces high peaks, stirring reflections on life’s seasons. A stirring piece of flash.
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Dive into a world where the floor turns to snow, and auroras light up the sky. Lekha’s winter dreamscape unfolds in a tale of friendship, longing, and self-discovery.
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Dorothy Lune's flash piece gives voice to a vibrant René Magritte painting, pushing the boundaries between words and visual arts.
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N/A Oparah brings us a funny, endearing exploration of the mother-daughter relationship, and the way religion plays a part.
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Demeter takes Persephone to concerts, cooking classes, pottery lessons. If she keeps throwing new possibilities up in the air like confetti, something will stick. Happiness will get caught under Persephone’s ...
They flew into Miami at night and decided to go straight to the hotel. They were both hungry but too tired to look for a place to eat. They had ...
This used to be a safe place
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Photo by Eric Wahlforss
One day a hole fell into a man. The hole, which had known only cold ground, took an immediate liking to the soft warm insides of ...
Photo by Nate Lampa
I can’t remember if the bench was wooden or metal or painted or plastic-coated or anything. Nor how it was structured—slatted throughout? A latticed back? A ...
Old photographs of a married couple fade away on a living room mantel.
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The Vietnamese guy at the nail salon asks me how my day’s going. I sit down and smile politely answering proudly in flawless German “alles gut, und dir?”
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Welcome to Litro’s A Flash of Inspiration series! Once a month we will select a flash fiction or short story submission that we find especially intriguing and run a brief ...
Tom wasn’t keen, but there was no choice near the jetty before we caught the tour boat.
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I was heading toward the frozen-food aisle, my mind filled with visions of chicken nuggets, when I bumped into something — hard. When I turned to see what I had ...
Our tourist stood at the street corner. They didn’t know how to get to where they were going and were too scared to ask us for help.
The wind blew their ...
