Here is TMR’s latest flash fiction showcase at “Miramichi Flash” – Enjoy!
‘WHERE A DARK HEART BURNS’ BY BARBARA BLACK
I move forward facing backward. Water drips from the oar tip. There are those of us for whom islands are exile. For others, they’re an oasis from humanity, where one can occupy one’s self in seclusion. “Sometimes you have to go dead to be alive again.” As she put it, sequestering on this little island in an old shack built by an artist.
‘MR. WIZARD’ BY ROBERT SCOTELLARO
I was ten when I saw Mr. Wizard shoot down past our window from the sixth floor, that red checkered vest he always wore in a blur. I gasped and pointed. “Mr. Wizard…” I said, barely able to get the words out.
My father was a few feet away talking to a guy in a black leather jacket about a hot TV the man was selling. He said there was a truck outside filled with them. They were going back and forth about the price.
“AN EPISODE BETWEEN HOUSES AND JOBS” BY VALERIE FOX
Maybe still in the recovery room, I hear my Nana say, it’s okay honey, there are plenty of other fish in the sea.
Later, not in the recovery room, I’m feeling formal, a little hungry. So Swoon and I decide to go out for a fancy oyster dinner. We celebrate our blues. I like to pay, but Swoon wants to pay too, so in the end, he pays for us both.
