In This Issue: Jake FreivaldMotivations and ChoicesOur Classic Flash is/are the two joint third-prize winners of the 1916 Life Shortest Story Contest. Longing — greedy or sublime — drove decisions a century ago as much as today. Read more: HTML Flash 7/2011, #1: Melodie CampbellThe Perfect MarkSasha held back an urge to smirk, and instead leaned forward to listen with polite interest. “Do you like cats, Miss...how do you pronounce that?” Sasha nearly grimaced, but caught herself. “Oh yes,” she said quickly, glancing around the condominium.... Read more: HTML Flash 7/2011, #3: Craig DeLanceyA Purple HeartPatrick has not spoken a word since the two army nurses led him, with a tight grip on each bicep, through our front door and into our living room. Read more: HTML Classic Flash #50: Redfield IngallsBusiness and EthicsIn the dingy office of A. Slivowitz & Co., manufacturers of dyes, things were humming. Every clerk was bent over his desk, hard and cheerfully at work, and there was a general air of bustle and efficiency. Read more: HTML Classic Flash #51: Dwight M. WileyHer MemoryWarrington had really no right to be angry. He was not engaged to Virginia, merely engaged with her in a somewhat tempestuous summer flirtation. Down in his heart he knew it for just that. But... Read more: HTML |