by Surosree Chaudhuri | Mar 30, 2022 | 2022 March, Flash Fiction
Perla had been a maid in the same house for eleven years when she got her new teeth. Her siblings had a hard time adjusting. “What was wrong with your mouth before?” her brother Cedric grumbled, a toddler bouncing on his good knee as he rubbed...
by Junpei Tarashi | Nov 30, 2021 | 2021, Flash Fiction, November
It is Phoebe’s turn at love and not at the love all the beautiful people on primetime TV seem to find on every corner as if connection were a thing always waiting to be found in the froth of some ocean that drowns New York City then collected in a hand and very slowly...
by Junpei Tarashi | Nov 4, 2021 | 2021, Flash Fiction, November
The Posh Boy is a Hardy Species by Mike Hickman https://www.agapanthuscollective.com.dream.website/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-Posh-Boy-is-a-Hardy-Species.mp3 At school and well into his professional life, James was the “posh” boy. He was reminded of this on an...
by Surosree Chaudhuri | Oct 3, 2021 | 2021, Flash Fiction, September
“Does he take you on picnics?” she asks. He does. But you are much too contemporary to think he takes you on them. You take yourself. With him. She pffs. A shadow crosses her face. “On Sundays?” “On Anydays,” You tell her. She wants to know if you pack cheese and...
by Surosree Chaudhuri | Sep 24, 2021 | 2021, Flash Fiction, September
Don’t tell Eli. But I keep one of her bottles in my backpack. One of these days, a big announcement is going to go out on the radio saying it’s all over and things can go back to how they used to be. We won’t have to walk every day and sleep in a tent, praying another...
by Junpei Tarashi | Aug 13, 2021 | 2021, August, Flash Fiction
Every autumn day, Rose passes by the hot air balloon field in Stillwater, wishing she had enough money in order to go up for just one ride. Last winter had not just taken a toll on Rose, it took nearly everything she had left. Now, she has a frostbitten toe and a...
