Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch.
January 2021
February 2021
As Storms Gather in the Stereo by Jenny Wong
Mom’s Pumpkin Boyfriend by Francine Witte
Dermatographia by Amy Barnes
March 2021
Man on the Moon by Patricia Q. Bidar
All the Ways We Tried to Kill My Father by Shannon Layne
And This is How You Fade Away by Tyrel Kessinger
The Nicest of the Popular Girls by L Mari Harris
What We Know About Broken Things by Kristin Kozlowski
April 2021
Room No. 5, Albergo Dolce Vita, Florence, Italy by Cheryl Pappas
Dragon’s Teeth by Elizabeth Caswell
Kaysera Stops Pretty Places by Jamy Bond
Happy Now by Claire Taylor*
May 2021
Komodo Island, Now Serving Lemon Cake by Lindy Biller
Witnesses by Jan Stinchcomb#
Playing House by Holden Wright
The Brick by Alexandra M. Matthews
What We Call the Dead Girl by Christina Tudor^
June 2021
A Pondering of Velocity When You’re Too Scared to Move by Tommy Dean
Pattern Seeker by James Cato*
I Do Not Want to Live Without You by Cathy Ulrich+
The Substitution of Air in Different Climates by Rosie Garland and Meg Pokrass^
July 2021
Stay by Sarah Freligh+
Miss Darling by Sarah Priscus#
A Cherry-Scented Cigar by Sara Dobbie^
The Stripper by Candace Hartsuyker^
August 2021
Matzo by Kelle Schillaci Clarke
Faded Chrome Man by Jonathan Cardew
After the Thrill by Amy Lyons+
Telethon by Kathryn Kulpa#
After Flaubert by Andrew Bertaina
September 2021
Black and White by Stephanie Parent
In the City of Sailing Statues by Tara Campbell
Home-Traveling by María Alejandra Barrios
Tokyo Pearl by Teresa Plana+
Flash Frogtober 2021
Rag Doll by Sudha Balagopal+
There are Absolutely No Ghosts in Mr. Gower’s Field by Sara Hills
Between the Banyan Tree by Sanjana Ramanathan
Playing the Ghost by L. Soviero#
November 2021
Her Teeth by Eliot Li^
The More You Know by Sarah Starr Murphy
The Allelopaths by Jessica June Rowe
Witness by Rory Say
Eucharist by Paul Luikart^
December 2021
In the Lake Beside the Interstate by A. Kathryn Davis
Allsorts by Sarah Salway+
Vigilance by David Kesmodel#
New Moon by Rebecca Ackermann
January 2022
Luxembourg by Rick White
Twister by Elizabeth Fletcher
Manifesto by Greta Hayer
Cibola by Andrea Lewis
The Last Lion by C.M. Crockford
February 2022
Nickels on Eyes by Leslie Lindsay
Disagree and Commit by Sean Ennis
Feels Like Extinction by Linda Niehoff
Last Night in Midlick by Ross McMeekin
March 2022
What You Pay For by Andrea Lynn Koohi
Why I Say We’re Cousins by Shih-Li Kow
Alligator Girls by María Alejandra Barrios
Press 3 for Random Track by Dri Chiu Tattersfield
April 2022
No One is Behind Her by Sage Tyrtle
The Note on the Back of My CVS Receipt by Courtney Clute
The Scales by Maria Poulatha
The Famous Sasha by Kim Magowan
May 2022
Package Holiday: Monastir, All Inclusive by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
More Than an Acquired Taste by Shareen K. Murayama
As Planned, We Stopped for Sandwiches by Kyle Seibel
The Midway by Jamy Bond
Daredevils by Mick Bennett
June 2022
The Hunted Year by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
A Missing Beat by Abby Manzella
Appetite by Belle Gearhart
One Year by Julia Ruth Smith
July 2022
The Cul-de-sac Kids by Jennifer Todhunter
茶茶茶 by Matt Hsu
Nomad by Vincent Anioke
The Garden Will Take by Kate Crosby
* = Nominated for Best of the Net
+ = Nominated for Best Microfiction
^ = Nominated for Pushcart Prize
# = Nominated for Best Small Fictions