Two Eggs in a Pot
Egg odor poisons the kitchen air, and in her mind the yolks slime the inside of her mouth, their spoiled milk taste lingering even after she’s brushed her teeth.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
Alligator
A childhood memory of an alligator returns with fresh force after a diagnosis, exposing the long afterlife of fear, shame, and paternal judgment.
You’re OK! You’ll survive the most
A childhood memory of religious paranoia and performative certainty becomes a flash of real unease. Steve Mada’s piece captures the moment fear is handed down as truth.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash, Uncategorised
Take a Minute
After twenty years of failed deals and near misses, a senior accountant confronts the arithmetic of ambition — and the cost of never quite closing.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
MORNING IN LOVE
They were young. They were certain. Years later, the body remembers what the heart chose not to calculate.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
Secret
“He ate all the food, and I gained all the weight.”
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
LAST LINE — Bethany Bruno
A woman removes obsolete roadside call boxes for the state. But inside the metal shells, people have left what they couldn’t say out loud — and one small object turns ...
Devil’s Teeth
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 ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
BURNED
A refugee dinner in postwar New York becomes a haunting reckoning with class, memory, and survival.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, FridayFlash
Our Best Small Fictions Nominations 2024
It is a pleasure to announce Litro’s nominations for the annual Best Small Fictions anthology. Congratulations to this year’s nominees.
He Heard the Book Giveth Wisdom and Ate It
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.
Invisible Wings
Family trauma, China’s turbulent history, and the specter of death. ‘Invisible Wings’: a tale of survival, resilience, and magic.
Pinnacle
Experience the chilling beauty of ‘Pinnacle’ as winter’s grasp embraces high peaks, stirring reflections on life’s seasons. A stirring piece of flash.
Arts & Culture, Fiction, FridayFlash
To Live in a Name
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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René Magritte’s The Banquet
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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Other Poetry
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 Stages an Intervention
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 ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
Florida, 1993
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 ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
Meditations of a Mermaid
This used to be a safe place
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
The Burning Chill
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 ...