“After the river rose, a kid ran screaming into town…”
on certainty by Shannon Ratliff
Tag: flash
On a New Life by Michael Levan
…It’s not his fault or hers, not the three-year-old boy’s…
Promise by Carol D. Marsh
I must have heard her screams, though I don’t remember. I’m flinging open the hallway door, racing to her mother’s room.
Tutored by Rick Brown
When we veer from the lighted street to cut through an alleyway, I just know something is about to happen, like sixth sense…
Why is a Door a Plate? by Aiysha Jahan
When would a door ever be a plate? It is when I look across the road and say: Hey, they’ve dumped two plates outside.
Baptism by Sarah M. Clifford
They show me how to do it on carpet first. Bare feet and basketball shorts. Plug your nose and dad will dip you. See?
Home is a Feeling by Sara Streeter
A crooked but sturdy wood fence, gray with age, guides my daughter and me along until we emerge from the path…
Everything Goes by Susan Morehouse
She forgets things. Where her jewelry is. Where home is. Where she is. Christmas came and went, but Mom thought it was May.
We Had No Woman by Ronit Plank
We were smoking Dad’s cigarette butts (okay just me) before he got home from work….
Origin Myths by Susan V. Meyers
On the day when I should have been inseminated, but am not, I find myself instead making up my mother’s face…
