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Head of a Pin (Flash Fiction)

Kevin Wohler - March 27, 2012

“So, how small is the lens? Could it fit on the head of a pin?” Roger looked excited, in a conspiratorial kind of way. He loved it when new tech was small enough to fit on the head of a pin. “Smaller,” I told him. “The entire camera could fit comfortably on a fly.” Roger […]

Chief Complaint (Flash Fiction)

Larry Jenkins - March 26, 2012

Here’s the best advice I can give you. Don’t die wearing a headdress. Of all the things that suck about kicking it, and believe me there is an exhaustive list, the one that seriously chaps my incorporeal ass is that bullshit death mask rule. I can understand looking like you did when your expiration date […]

C Is For Cat (Flash Fiction)

Jack Campbell, Jr. - March 26, 2012

C was for Cat, as it always had been. The cats would not stop dancing. They pirouetted, paired off and salsa danced the night away. The rumba was a never-ending mosaic of fur and flash. A has been for Apple ever since Adam and Eve feasted on the forbidden. B is for Boy. One […]

Flash Fiction Week

Cafe Management - March 25, 2012

We’re all pretty excited this week about the challenge we’ve given ourselves. We went to Flickr/Commons and were directed to choose a picture based on an algorithm including letters from our names. The picture thus chosen for us would be the inspiration for a piece of flash fiction of one thousand words or less. (Or […]