The Recipe
The card was in Abuela’s recipe box, filed between arroz con pollo and bizcocho de limón, written in her cramped […]
Flash Fiction
Flash fiction — very short stories that land a complete punch in a few hundred words.
The Astronaut’s Confession
Commander Diane Liao has been aboard the International Space Station for four hundred and thirteen days, which is ninety-three days
Snapshots from a Parallel Life
The album was wedged between a fondue set and a stack of National Geographics from the ’80s. Brown leather cover,
The Bridge Troll’s Retirement
Groth had been under the Millstone Bridge for six hundred and fourteen years when his left knee gave out. Not
Terms and Conditions
David Masterson read the terms and conditions on a Tuesday night because he couldn’t sleep and his therapist had told
The Last Beekeeper
The bee landed on Ruth Okafor’s kitchen window at 6:43 on a Tuesday morning in September, and she dropped her
My Grandfather’s Compass
The compass arrived in a shoebox with the rest of Grandpa Eli’s things. A pocket watch that didn’t run. Three
The Surgeon Who Operated on God
The patient came in by ambulance at 3:14 AM, no ID, no wallet, no phone. Male, approximately mid-thirties, found unconscious
The Woman Who Sold Her Shadow
The stall was between a spice merchant and a leather shop in the back corridors of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, where
Confessions of a Mars Rover
The transmission NASA released to the public was: “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” That was accurate. It