Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Nathan Xie
“Sprezzatura,” “An Attempt to Explain Myself,” & “The Last Norwegian Wolf”
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Posts Tagged: flash fiction
Rumpus Original Fiction: The Litany of Invisible Things
The sound of love: you and him. Once upon a time.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Niyah Morris
The lasso was a gaping mouth that opened wide enough, we hoped, to swallow the cloud.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mr. Burley
My favorite was usually the smallest, the most alive.
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The Pressure and Pursuit of Desires: Talking Flash Fiction with Tommy Dean
I care deeply about these characters who decide to act and react to the conflicts and tensions around them even if they fail, especially when they fail.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Scale
With my first blood, a scale appears, hard and iridescent in the soft skin below my arm. In bathroom mirror light, elbow raised, I press and prod, fingertips rusted from menstrual discovery. They trace red, which soaks into the skin and blossoms more scales, reflecting blue and green. I wash my hands. And the scales […]
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Christopher Gonzalez
Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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Stained with Autobiography: Talking with Christopher Gonzalez
Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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Awake to the World: Talking with Tyler Barton
Tyler Barton discusses his new story collection, ETERNAL NIGHT AT THE NATURE MUSEUM.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Andrew Bertaina
“Life is incredibly sad, but it’s also funny, joyful, wonderful, and strange.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: shadowman
he lives in closets, stalks young kids, & takes them in the middle of the night.
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Trying to See a Future: Talking with Beth Gilstrap
Beth Gilstrap discusses her new story collection, DEADHEADING.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Meg Pokrass
“The book is about the complicated problem of loving.”
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Writing Down the Shadows: Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror
We get to devour our horror from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Fictions by Kelsey Norris
It was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
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Cutting to the Core: A Conversation with Tara Isabel Zambrano
Tara Isabel Zambrano discusses DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
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Deep Wells: A Conversation with Rebecca McClanahan
Rebecca McClanahan discusses her new memoir-in-essays, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY.
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Hybrid by Nature: A Conversation with Tara Campbell
Tara Campbell discusses her new book, POLITICAL AF: A RAGE COLLECTION.
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The Search for Permanence: Hilary Leichter’s Temporary
A permanent job doesn’t need her, and neither do her boyfriends.
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Doing This Wild Thing: A Conversation with Leesa Cross-Smith
Leesa Cross-Smith discusses her new story collection, SO WE CAN GLOW.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Fictions by Andrea Passwater
Could scars be daughters? The hands don’t understand why I am asking this.
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The Rumpus Interview Mini-Interview Project #196: Cathy Ulrich
“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
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What Turns Up: A Conversation with Peg Alford Pursell
Peg Alford Pursell discusses her new story collection, A GIRL GOES INTO THE FOREST.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Rebecca Hannigan
Imagine a man looking at the artist looking at the art at the party.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Maggie Cooper
Will you join us? When you are ready, lie down to rest.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Marnie Marie Lit a Match
The only way to guarantee a secret is for the only person to know about it be you.
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Science Is Sexy in There’s So Much They Haven’t Told You
In the first story of this collection, a girl learns the shocking truth that the world is made of atoms, that “when you get right down to it, it’s all just studs and holes.”
...moreThe Rumpus Interview with Rion Amilcar Scott
Rion Amilcar Scott discusses his story collection Insurrections, father relationships, hip-hop, knowing when to abandon a project, and choosing not to workshop certain stories.
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The Rumpus Interview with Vi Khi Nao
Vi Khi Nao on her new novel Fish in Exile, why women shouldn’t apologize (even when they’re wrong), moving between genres, and why humor is vital in a novel full of darkness and grief.
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