Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: AUGUST 2021

Miramichi Flash showcases four outstanding flash fiction: “In The Event Of A Famine” by Salvatore Difalco; “Complicit” by Gay Degani; “We Feed Them To The Lions” by Paul Thompson; and “The Arnolfini Funeral” by Jan Kaneen; in its August 2021 Issue, today. — Enjoy! “In The Event of A Famine” by Salvatore Difalco Everything in …

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Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: July 2021

Miramichi Flash showcases four smashing flash fictions: “My Fake Brother” by Leonora Desar; “Dad’s Manila Envelope” by Annie Bien; “Stiff As Boards” by S. B. Borgersen and “Sirens” by Fiona Jane MackIntosh; in its July 2021 Issue, today. — Enjoy! “My Fake Brother” by Leonora Desar My parents are throwing a party. It’s for my …

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Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: June 2021

Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: June 2021 Miramichi Flash showcases four stellar flash fictions: “The Sacrifice of Teeth” by Sandra Arnold; “Something is Out of Place” by Louella Lester; “I Thought” by Pia Z. Ehrhardt; and “Invisible To Men” by Steve Passey; in its June 2021 Issue, today. — Enjoy! “The Sacrifice of Teeth” by Sandra Arnold …

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Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: May 2021

Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: May 2021 Miramichi Flash showcases four stellar flash fictions: “The Piano Man” by Lorette C. Luzajic; “The Begging Bowl” by Atma C Frans; “Waltzing With Ma” by Andrew Stancek; and “Zig Zag” by Jacqueline Doyle; in its May 2021 Issue, today. — Enjoy! “THE PIANO MAN” BY LORETTE C. LUZAJIC The first …

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Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: April 2021

Miramichi Flash showcases four noteworthy flash fictions: “The New Year” by Pamela Painter, “In Search of You” by Yael Maree, “Cuba” by Mike Meyer, and “My Mother Was An Upright Piano” by Tania Hershman, in its April 2021 Issue! – Enjoy! “THE NEW YEAR” BY PAMELA PAINTER It’s late Christmas Eve at Spinelli’s when Dominic …

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The Sad Misfortune of Naive Catalina and her Sinister Grandmother by Karen Schauber

Catalina was feeding her grandmother when ocean waves swelled bringing news of her brother Tamas, long gone on a misguided sailing expedition. The blustery winds of the high seas played mischief with the pious families of the village, spreading rumours and lies, twisting and winding them up like a chroniker with no hands. Today it …

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Down in the Ground by Bruce Meyer

In the collection of short flash fiction, Down in the Ground, author Bruce Meyer brings both wit and philosophical curiosity to his musings on death. These stories are brief and sometimes startling. In other hands, the subject might be given a maudlin treatment but here, the tone is surprisingly restrained, and at times, ironic.