Tag Archives: Flash Fiction

State I Was In I took umbrage at the penumbra—The darkling darkening of my mood—Was it the reddening super harvest moon?(Its waxing moony-moony face: jejune)Or was it a flaring sunspot’s craquelure of quietude?Or was it the plague?Or the fascist wave?Or … Continue reading →

yet i list in the doldrums paths unfurl about meroads squelch innumerabletrails pulsate untrammeledtransits reticulate outward yet i list in the doldrumsadrift in the eye every direction untrodden What I’m Reading: Last week, I started this exercise routineto calm me, … Continue reading →

I. Withers The image: a chipped tooth, a bloody mouth, a spray of bloody saliva that fans out onto your date’s white dress shirt. The instant that nervous smile withers on her face. That is my image, my few words … Continue reading →

black matte spray collimate at the museum of digest feminismBoccaccio quotes have been stricken thruthe time to digress was then—sometime in the 14th century wroughtin yersinia pestis yellow and arte della lana blue— centuries before its gabardine inceptionsuch foul humors … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week It has become difficult to write dystopias, fantasy, or any form of literature without sounding naive  — Debbie Urbanski / “Feed” The worst outcome of this would be the coming to power of an … Continue reading →

concern 124 (v.2) your officeis blood office my name is 78theres too much pressure last week was as datedas the previous weeki added a letteri added an addled letter i couldnt use greekcause the hurricanesr using the alphabetagain must i … Continue reading →

Canyons of Mistrust The superintendent of state struggling to meet winter, raising a circle out of oblongs, was struck to the head with future dread. Bread returned to its silent pile, but rarely with as much gravitas as in Dusks of … Continue reading →

i’ll kiss the goose girl the southern town confounds her in new ways— dozens of driverless vehicles driving no oneferal peacocks pecking the fallow groundautonomous delivery bots clusteredin auto-da-fé cul-de-sacsking tides slurping away the coastlinethe porous limestone giving way underfootformer … Continue reading →

Sacrafect Bioluminescence Because I didn’t want to go, I made my partner cry. I feel poorly today, both physically and now because I made him cry. I have a predisposition for alienation — and a tendency to make more of … Continue reading →