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The Molotov Cocktail A projectile for incendiary flash fiction. Edited by Josh Goller
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2025 contest is now open to submissions!
15/08/2025

2025 contest is now open to submissions!

“There’s a monster inside each of us.” – Catriona Ward Submit to Flash Monster Back at it again with Flash Monster 2025, our 12th annual monster-themed contest. Last year we…

We've got your weekend reading right here.
01/08/2025

We've got your weekend reading right here.

Keep your eyes peeled for Flash Monster 2025 contest guidelines dropping soon. Swine Smuggling: The New American Art by Mason Dougherty Little Magpie by the Sea by L.S. Engler We Donated Our Parent…

It's Friday.
23/05/2025

It's Friday.

I Girl Number One by AD Schweiss II The Entertainer by Nicki Blake III Rattlesnake Mothers Don’t Nurse Their Young by Colin Alexander   IV What to Do When Your Loved One Is Abducted by E…

Time for the big reveal! 2025 results are now posted. Big thanks to all who entered!
19/05/2025

Time for the big reveal! 2025 results are now posted. Big thanks to all who entered!

Time for the big reveal…   We had a blast with this second-ever Flash Villain contest (first was in 2021, and you can read it here). With no shortage of real-world villains in our modern…

Only two days left until our final deadline. The Slacker Special runs out at 11:59pm Pacific on Thursday, May 15th. We...
13/05/2025

Only two days left until our final deadline. The Slacker Special runs out at 11:59pm Pacific on Thursday, May 15th. We want your sinners, ruffians, ne'er-do-wells. Your baddies, outlaws, and antiheroes. Send 'em over.

Procrastinators Rejoice! Slacker Special keeps late entries open until Thursday, May 15th. “I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.” – Clive Barker Submit to Flash Villa…

You never know what you might find in Issue 15.8.
01/05/2025

You never know what you might find in Issue 15.8.

Flash Villain contest deadline hits soon! Rattlesnake Baby by J Saler Drees Cancer by Jacob Sirota The First Time I Went to Church by Rory Perkins

Take a peek at Issue 15.7.
28/03/2025

Take a peek at Issue 15.7.

Flash Villain contest open to entries. Wasted Deaths by Melanie Maggard New Dog by Keller Agre The Day They Put a Dead Shark in the Water at Town Point Beach by Cecilia Kennedy  

We've got some real gems in Issue 15.6.
28/02/2025

We've got some real gems in Issue 15.6.

Flash Villain 2025 contest now open to submissions! The Most Beautiful Things Sting by Elizabeth Rosen The Sea Does Not Forget by Paula Henry-Duru Guts by Fran Turner

There's villainy afoot! Flash Villain 2025 contest now open for submissions.
18/02/2025

There's villainy afoot! Flash Villain 2025 contest now open for submissions.

“I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.” – Clive Barker Submit to Flash Villain There’s villainy afoot these days. When real-world malevolence erupts in a torrent…

New year, new issue. Get reading.
16/01/2025

New year, new issue. Get reading.

The Fate of Your High School Bully and of Several Generations of Butterflies Now Rests in Your Hands by Peter Alsante Sylvia by Sarah Daly The Sign by Matthew Senn

This one hurts. Wishing him blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way.
16/01/2025

This one hurts. Wishing him blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way.

David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominee behind ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘The Elephant Man’ who also created TV's ‘Twin Peaks,’ has died at 78.

'Tis the season.
24/12/2024

'Tis the season.

Creatures are stirring. I Her Name Was Laika by Abigail Williams II Out of Oneness, Two by Elizabeth Rosen III The Giving Season by Colin Alexander   IV Pink Destruction by Liz Fyne V The Pas…

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