We are proud to share the fifteen stories selected by our editorial team for this year’s Flash Fiction Contest shortlist. These pieces are now off to Kim Chinquee, our guest judge, who will pick the winning three stories. Thank you to all of our terrific submitters for your continued support. Our flash contest is one of our favorites, and this year’s submissions did not disappoint! Check back near the end of September for the winners, and congratulations to those on our shortlist!
The Poet, Her Bergère by dm Armstrong
My Sister Versus Tomatoes by Kate Barss
Love Letter in Black by C. Adán Cabrera
Near Wolves Running by Salvatore Difalco
New Moon by Sara Maria Greene
How You Sleep at Night by Lucinda Holt
Sealskin by Haley Kennedy
Unni by Sena Moon
Absolution by Kathryn Phelan
Out, Brief Candle by Hannah Roberts
Survival Training by Michelle Ross
It’s Been So Long by Charlotte Simmonds
Keys by Rudy Thauberger
Blood by Keith Wilson
The Physiology of Arriving by Michele Wong