Category: Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

Con Chapman :: My Right Arm ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was raised in Sedalia, Missouri, site of a “skirmish” between Yankee and Rebel forces during the Civil War; while the town had southern sympathizers, I found a Union army cavalry handbook in a stove in the...
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Lou Storey :: The Fit Test ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: An old friend from college living up in Maine visited my home here in Savannah, Georgia. “Why don’t they clean all the moss off these old trees?” she asked. “Cause,’ I explained, “unlike your snow, our moss...
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Amita Basu :: Escape Plan ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Here in South India, filter coffee is the norm. This is not just a method of brewing coffee — using a pair of cylindrical steel vessels, the top vessel containing a filter — but also a type...
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John Frame :: A Real Job ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I spent a year living in Charlotte, North Carolina between 1996 and 1997, teaching at UNC-Charlotte and conducting historical research with the help of scholarships from Nations Bank and the St. Andrew’s Society of North Carolina. There...
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Anne Anthony :: The Bingo Ladies ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement Anne Anthony lives in North Carolina though when she engages you in conversation it’s clear she was born above the Mason-Dixon Line. Still, if she’s reading you her stories, sometimes her voice slides into the gentle sway...
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Carol Flythe :: Them ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Texas and have a really awesome Texas drawl. My husband grew up in Georgia and we frequently visit his family there. We want to move to Alabama. Also, sweet tea is...