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Flash Fiction. Interview Highlights Reel: Albatross Island Season 7 Winner Vicky Scott, by Melanie Mulrooney. Image: the lens of a recording camera, in the middle of which is the title of the story.

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Interview Highlight Reel: Albatross Island Season 7 Winner Vicki Scott [Day 1] Marc Fisher (Producer): Welcome to Albatross Island. Vicki Scott: Thanks! Gotta admit, I thought this competition was fake when you first slid into my DMs. [laughing] VS: I’m Vicki, a 23-year-old fitness model and eco-tour guide. I love risk-taking and going on big […]

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Flash Fiction. Spelling Things Out by Rebecca Miles. Image: The words 'spelling things out' in a chunky black font. The word 'out' is made of scrabble tiles.

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Spelling Things Out Leaving dusk behind, I slip into the library’s light. Coat on the peg, I slink into the corner. Slumped on the floor, back against the radiator, is my spot. Miss Robin, the librarian, comes over with hot chocolate and a biscuit. I leave crumbs on the carpet, but she smiles. ‘Put the

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Flash fiction. Desi's doctor, by David Kotok. Image: the silhouette of a man gestures wildly with open arms over a pregnant woman lying at his feet. In the background, a large crowd standing near metal gates watches.

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Desi’s Doctor The metal gates rang like crazed gamelan under the fists of the mob. The chorus shouted and clapped. My clients were unsettled by the ruckus; the old man with a lump in his throat and the woman with a bloated tongue. They whispered, sharing doubts, and that I could not allow. I had

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Flash Fiction. Occupational Hazard, by Nicki Nance. Image: the silhouettes of two women facing each other. They are sitting in armchairs. Between them is a box of tissues on a coffee table.

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Occupational Hazard Session 1 ‘Your patient is here, Ruby.’ Maddie, the temp who smelled like lilies, handed me the paperwork. June Allen, 46, marital issue. Maddie giggled. ‘She’s a chatty one.’ ‘She’s in the right place. Chatting is my jam. Send her in.’ Before I got to my feet, June marched into therapy issuing cautions.

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Flash Fiction. Removal, by Dylan Pritchard. Image: the silhouette of a sofa on which a woman sits and a man lies with his head in her lap. The man's silhouette is white as though he has been removed from the image.

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Removal The room seems to have more shadows with it bare. Empty shelves. There had been vases and books and objects, articles of life. Modern art in oak frames; how cultured they were, their easy touch of class. He runs his hand on the wood: feeling fragments, smelling dust. Remembers a wonky selfie shot on

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Flash fiction. Reenactment, by Andrew Wickham. Image: silhouettes of four people gathered around an ornate bed in which a woman with tousled hair is lying. On the wall are a framed picture of a man, a cross, and a clock.

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Reenactment The history books said that it must take place on the twenty-second of January. Lying in bed, dressed in a plain white gown, head covered by a lace veil decorated with myrtle leaves, Alex Osborne wondered if people would be angry. At the head of the bed, Malcolm had hung a circular black and

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Flash fiction. Dead Man Talking, by Sean Glatch. Image: in silhouette, one open window looks out onto another. In the second, two men can be seen, one without a top on.

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Dead Man talking Old Szymon Parker died while flower petals whirled themselves into soft gray pools of rain. I called him Creaky. He only left his apartment Sunday mornings to drink coffee and smoke on the patio at the diner on 2nd Avenue. In the winters, when he couldn’t smoke indoors, he’d take his coffee

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Flash fiction. Surface, by Rebecca Klassen. Image: silhouette of a children's ball pit. On the left of the image, a pair of legs are sticking out of the balls. On the right, a tentacle.

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Surface 1. The Blue-ringed Octopus lives in colourful coral reefs. It relies on the rocks and crevices in its environment for refuge. A customer wants to speak to the manager, but I’m trying to write my essay on cephalopods and their dedication to procreation behind the counter. A girl in a turquoise-striped jumper

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