Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 45

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Flash Fiction chosen by Jacob Schroeder.

“Woman of the Week” by Claire Polders via matchbook

‘There is a story in everyone,’ writes the author in her notes about this highly poignant story. How right she is, and how elegantly she shows it in this ‘week in the life’ of a woman.

“Determining the Gull Bone Index” by James Gapinski via SmokeLong Quarterly

Imagery plays such an important role in flash fiction, and this is some of the best I’ve seen yet. James Gapinski’s dream-like sequences take the reader on quite a ride in a short amount of time.

“A Passport to the Old Country” by Cezarija Abartis via Per Contra

This is a heart-wrenching story of loss. But more importantly, it is a story about how the past, no matter how tragic, can nurture us.

“And the Men Didn’t Sleep” by Nathaniel Tower via Rum Punch Press

I found this story to be a witty satire of the human condition as shown through the perception of gender roles. It turns out the basic desires—sex, rest, and food—of men and women aren’t so different after all.