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Flash fiction. And The Oscar Goes To..., by Christy Hartman. Image: A pair of invitations to academy awards parties. The most visible invitation has three strands of hair sellotaped to it.

flash: Reporter Notes for the Artisanal Vendor of the Year Contest

Reporter Notes for the Artisanal Vendor of the Year Contest 8:08 Just arrived at Portland Expo Center. Inaugural “Artisanal Vendor of the Year” contest starting in less than an hour. Looks like I’m the only journo here. 8:16 Trouble early on. Bouncer [upper body attire: WWII spitfire pilot; lower body attire: psychedelic troubadour] charged at […]

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flash: Whenua

Whenua There were three of us already planted in the backyard: Wiremu, Mataī, and me.  ‘Why am I the smallest?’ I ask Mama, looking at my tree. ‘Because you were the youngest, Aroha. Don’t you worry, you’ll grow in time.’ She pushes my hair away from my eyes, and smiles. But not like she used

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Flash Fiction. Before The Show, by Marcelo Medone. Image: a woman lies on a theatre stage beneath the cosmos.

flash: Before The Show

Before the show You will walk slowly into the rehearsal room of the theatre, you will turn on the lights hanging from the ceiling, you will contemplate yourself full-length in the large wall mirror, you will see a beautiful woman in her thirties, with features as firm as her character, luminous eyes, with her hair

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