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Tag: micro

Microfiction by Corey Bryan
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Corey Bryan

May 29, 2023May 29, 20230

Three Microfictions by Corey Bryan @pip_prompts #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

Microfiction by Doug Jacquier
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Doug Jacquier

January 21, 2023January 21, 20230

DetourmentiaIt began with her putting the kettle in the fridge and calling everybody ‘darling’ because shecouldn’t remember their names. Then she copied the young women’s …

Three Microfictions by Ashley McCurry
Fiction / Micro

Three Microfictions by Ashley McCurry

September 5, 2022September 9, 20220

My Friends and I Started Having Premonitions About Future Lovers Sonia dreamt of being sawed in half by a mustached magician, rugged steel grinding rosewood …

Three Microfictions by Conor Barnes
Fiction / Micro

Three Microfictions by Conor Barnes

August 15, 2022March 23, 20240

The Dongle You thought you were arriving at the train an hour early, but you got the times wrong and happened to get there just …

Microfictions by Ken Poyner
Fiction / Micro

Microfictions by Ken Poyner

July 22, 2022August 14, 20220

FATE Quibble spends the day imagining what he might do, if he had the opportunity.  He scolds himself that most of the things he dreams …

Microfiction by Jennifer Novotney
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Jennifer Novotney

June 27, 2022August 27, 20231

The Art Gallery I pop into the art gallery lined with textured paintings of the seaside. The artist greets me as she works wielding a …

Four Haikus by Constance Mello
Micro / Poetry

Four Haikus by Constance Mello

May 27, 2022May 22, 20220

When I awake I  Like to think about us two  Alone forever Sweetest saccharine  Inside your mouth I lose my Self hour after hour Diet …

“Pandemic Yoga” by Judith Beth Cohen
Fiction / Micro

“Pandemic Yoga” by Judith Beth Cohen

March 25, 2022March 20, 20220

At the Senior Center, we challenge stereotypes about old ladies. We practice yogaoutdoors for “social distance.” If it starts to drizzle, we ignore it. If …

“Eyelash Extensions” by Clive Aaron Gill
Fiction / Micro

“Eyelash Extensions” by Clive Aaron Gill

March 11, 2022March 20, 20230

Brittani, the unmarried maid of honor at her younger sister’s wedding in a small village church, spent years in graduate school. It infuriated her that …

Microfiction by Megha Nayar
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Megha Nayar

January 10, 2022January 15, 20220

Grievances David calls as I’m retiring for the night. “You really need to stop spoiling that dog, Mom!” he begins without preamble when I pick …

“Bird Calls over Puget Sound” by Sarette Danae
Poetry

“Bird Calls over Puget Sound” by Sarette Danae

October 18, 2021October 17, 20210

There is no chirping from gulls, no chatter back and forth,No songs at sunrise or ushering in night. No lonely callsFor a lover to echo …

Call for Micro Pieces!
Editorial

Call for Micro Pieces!

September 22, 2021January 26, 20230

Short update for you all this Wednesday. The observant among us will have already noticed that something changed at our Submissions Guidelines. If you haven’t, …

Five Short Poems by Michael Cantin
Micro / Poetry

Five Short Poems by Michael Cantin

December 7, 2015December 6, 20241

Without Roots Without Roots this Ikea bed supports me just about as well as a twig supports a tree house Glue sticks Paper thin is …

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