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Flash Fiction chosen by Tony Press.
“Carry On” by Joan Caska via Postcard Poems and Prose
This little one covers a lot of ground. It is quick and efficient but nothing is left out. It is all there for us.
“Stuck in the Past” by Sarah Squires via Precisely 25
Another one I stumbled on to, happily—and this one’s even shorter. We have the entire arc in 25 words and we feel for both of them. And (shameless publicity division speaking here) it reminded me of a flash of mine—it is called “Before” and you can find it in the June 5, 2015 issue of, yes, 101 Words.
“Marvelous, South Dakota” by Bobby Sauro via Fiction Southeast
I’m a big fan of Bobby Sauro’s fiction. It’s fun and sad and real all at once. I loved his passage: She said, ‘I can tell from your eyes that you’ve dotted the t’s.’ I actually welcomed the language barrier because then there was a logical reason to be misunderstood.
“Apologia in Absentia” by JC Reilly via 100Words
In Oaxaca, where I (fortunately) happened to be when I found this story, there’s a phrase ‘buen trato’ that can mean ’good deal’—so I ask you, what do you think about this exchange? Fair? Foul? Or is it ever thus: Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
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