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Our brains are hardwired to remember melodies, which is why you couldn’t shake “Shake It Off” last fall while forgetting to pay all of your…
On this day in 1884, the first photograph of a tornado was made in South Dakota. PROMPT: Consider how technology–whether existing or being drafted in…
There is only one week left to submit to the 2015 NANO Prize. You have been preparing for this your entire life, and we know you’re…
When Mystical Creatures Attack! Kathleen Founds University of Iowa Press, 2014 206 pages ISBN 978-1609382834, $12.97 In this genre-blending novel-in-stories, Kathleen Founds experiments with different…
We’re looking to continue our State of Flash series with short essays talking about flash fiction in and out of the classroom, and do so…
Your mom asks you to latch eye and hook around her neck. A string of little white moons rests against her breasts. Luna. Eclipse. Breathe—“you…
Three years ago this week, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars. Curiosity’s goals included investigating Martian geology and searching for forms of…
Dearest Writers–there are only 34 days left to send us your best flash fiction. The 2015 NANO Prize closes on September 1, so send us…
You must understand, the ways of lions are complex. We meant no harm. When the lion—the original, true lion—began coughing, we gave him syrups and…