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EndoftheBench_FULL
November 13, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction End of the Bench by Logan Markko

You’re not a loser until you quit trying, Coach thought to himself, watching as his players pissed and moaned their way to another loss. They seemed half asleep, committing lazy turnovers on offense and arguing with one another instead of hustling back on defense. Thirty years coaching high school basketball and he couldn’t remember a […]

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WarConsequenceCover
November 6, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction FEATURED AUTHOR: Ruth Ticktin’s Returned

At a stuffy banquet honoring soldiers who fought the Great War, a man approached Mollie and whispered in her ear. “Casualties, thousands needing immediate treatment. Transporting them to an old monastery. Working crazy, all hours. Death, over and over.” His head drooped low. “Too many dying. We loaded soldiers on stretchers, train cars to makeshift […]

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ToughGuysinGreenHats_Cover
October 16, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction Tough Guys in Green Hats by Christopher Heffernan

You held the top of the rail by the bar for support, still moving your hips as you tried to get the bartender’s attention to order a drink, shaking just slightly in all that noise near the side before you knew I was there. I was wearing the brand-new green ball cap I had found […]

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Depressed rejected man portrait over gray wall background
September 16, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction: Reunion by Reid Smith

A gust of bitter cold air smacked Ken in the face as he stepped off the bus and into the cold December air. It had been years since the last time that he was this far north, he had almost forgotten the way that the wind could cut down to your bones if you weren’t […]

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