Miramichi Flash showcases four outstanding flash fiction: “What Goes On In The Bushes” by Rosie Garland, “Momma Knows We Watch” by Paul Beckman, “Letting Go” by Pamela Painter, “Sins of the Mother by Gay Degani in its March 2022 Issue, today. — Enjoy!
“WHAT GOES ON IN THE BUSHES” BY ROSIE GARLAND
I’m taking the shortcut through the park when I see him under the stand of poplars. He is staring into the bushes, a dog leash minus its dog looped around his left wrist. I stroll across, swishing leaves with the toes of my boots, loud enough for him to hear. I don’t like creeping up on people. He doesn’t…
“MOMMA KNOWS WE WATCH” BY PAUL BECKMAN
She’s showering with the curtain open and then steps out and towels her hair her large breasts swaying as she puts one leg then the other on the tub to be dried off and she chooses her thong makes up her face with her painting kit and slips on her dress without a bra and takes a pair of tall…
“LETTING GO” BY PAMELA PAINTER
I’m standing at the south rim of the Grand Canyon taking photographs of florid purple striations, of undulating rock walls that sink to alarming depths. But it is almost checkout time at my hotel, and I want to take a tub and use all their emollients, a habit my ex deplored. When a young couple approaches to ask if I…
“SINS OF THE MOTHER” BY GAY DEGANI
I stay in my apartment on Pine Street with black-out drapes on my windows and triple locks on the door. I go out when it’s absolutely necessary, for groceries mostly, and when I come back, I say a prayer and I tiptoe in. I don’t want to find Mother at the stove, her shimmery shoulder blades moving under her thin…
