Please help us in congratulating the authors selected for our 2019 Flash Fiction Contest shortlist! The Masters Review editors selected these 15 pieces from over 2,000 submissions. We now await the decision from guest judge Kathy Fish — the finalists will each earn a spot in her Fast Flash workshop, in addition to the cash prizes! Thank you to all of our wonderful submitters. We greatly enjoyed reading your work.
The Basement Beneath the Basement, Dale Gregory Anderson
Box of Ghosts, Joy Baglio
Right Before We Fall Apart, Elizabeth Crowder
Some Meaning—, Leonora Desar
The Remains, Felicity Fenton
When the Bank Took Our House Back, Jay Jarrett-Morales
Observation Tube, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Justin Hermann
Simple Physics, Kevin Leahy
There, I Said It, Tori Malcangio
The Drive, Dalton Monk
Blood in the Mouth, Melanie Moyer
Homecoming, Kathryn Phelan
You Two, Alana Reynolds
Caregiving, Corinna Vallianatos
Shall We Dance, Lavanya Vasudevan