Tag Archives: Flash Fiction

replaced my otherness

Posted on December 11, 2023 by istsfor manity

hanoi bell (blackout poem) when i was 8 they came from hanoi,in the sweltering heat, women delivering babies into the night.my mom smiled and said, “the narrow hanoi streets can’tpronounce ‘hello’ and neon lights laugh at the tiny girl alone … Continue reading →

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rather sick of

Posted on December 9, 2023 by istsfor manity

Dredging Up (found email) I’m not saying you did anything “wrong” but the comment about academic fangs upset me. I’m not sure how that could not be pejorative. However if that’s how I’m coming across I’d rather know so I … Continue reading →

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oppositional defiant disorder

Posted on December 8, 2023 by istsfor manity

Things I Heard Yesterday It dries up my mouth, it sucks all the moisture out of it. Do you remember last year’s medication shortage? Like a fisherman’s black boot … Celebrate the bullet. If you’re not ska, you’re dead. It’s … Continue reading →

tongue is loosed

Posted on December 7, 2023 by istsfor manity

Intractable (redux) You dreamYour tongue is loosedUpon that intractable waferGlued to the roofOf your perfidiousMouth What I’m Reading: “’The world is an illusion, and living is dreaming,’ I muttered. Yet blood runs and tears gush forth.” — Han Kang / … Continue reading →

wink / hidden message

Posted on December 6, 2023 by istsfor manity

Trying to Decipher The Town of My Birth Sinvergüenza : ScoundrelInfundia : InfusedAborrecido : AbhorredVentura : FortuneAbatido : DespondentAnhelar : To Yearn ForSollozaba : SobbedDeleite : DelightDecreto : DecreeRecoveco : NookRechazado : RejectedGuiño : Wink / Hidden MessageEstan Agotadas Las … Continue reading →

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am (probably) naughty

Posted on November 29, 2023 by istsfor manity

Huh? I renounce. Friend or enemy? A place “where there is no darkness?” Huh? Since thee Chump’s ketches run low, mizzen-masted abominations, out of the thick, cloudy dregs at a barrel’s wake chucked overboard, you should stand at attention. Stay … Continue reading →

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backlit by sun

Posted on November 27, 2023 by istsfor manity

Scabs (tanka) Why so many scabs?She asks, unsure of my face.I have been in love,I say, dark, backlit by sun.She morphs into a cloudlet. What I’m Reading: “In the evenings, we read novels in separate roomsor in the same room … Continue reading →

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most-heated day

Posted on November 26, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Some words live in my throatBreeding like adders. Others know sun” — Audre Lorde / “Coal” “Life is nothing how he expected it would be when he was young and living under the … Continue reading →

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the fairies hide

Posted on November 12, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “now the parts in our hair and our soles wither and the fairies lie half-charred at the stake” — Hans Arp / “The Swallow’s Testicle” “According to Albrecht, those suffering solastalgia feel a … Continue reading →

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are wandering rogues

Posted on February 3, 2023 by istsfor manity

No Longer Required (redux) When Hortensio awoke his arms were on vacation. A note stated that his left arm was touring the Costa Brava, visiting the sites where Joan Miró sketched a biomorphic vision or two—while the right arm was … Continue reading →

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