Flash 01/2010, #1: Tim PrattCaltropsIn This Issue: Jake FreivaldPlease Go Vote!As for stories, there’s a little for everyone: fantasy, literary fiction, surrealism, a fairy tale, or a Bitter Bierce classic. If you’re a writer, read Bruce’s column on what to leave out. Thanks to the staff for making it through another year, and to donors for their help in keeping the zine moving. Our next issue goes live on February 2. Meanwhile, please comment on stories, subscribe, and tip your favorite authors. Thanks! Read more: HTML Flash 1/2010, #2: Tree RiesenerHungryThat’s how you find out they’re killing Grandma. Not a single bite to eat or a swallow of water. Your mother is killing her mother. That’s their favorite punishment for you, too. Read more: HTML Short-Short Sighted #18: Bruce Holland RogersEllipsis: What To Leave OutFlash 1/2010, #4: Bruce Holland RogersOkra, Sorghum, YamSo the following summer when the second princess came to Old Kwaku’s hut, he said, “What do you want?” “My father said that I must learn wisdom from you.” Read more: HTML Flash 1/2010, #3: Ken PisaniLast BitesBut the boy just grinned and said, “Chocolate.” Read more: HTML Classic Flash #26: Ambrose BierceThe Failure of Hope & WandelI will not bore you, my dear fellow, with a narrative of my journey from New Orleans to this polar region. It is cold in Chicago, believe me, and the Southron who comes here, as I did, without a relay of noses and ears will have reason to regret his mistaken economy in arranging his outfit. Read more: HTML |