AFTER THE TSUNAMI • by Linda Simoni-Wastila
First Place Winner Flash Fiction Chronicles String-of-10 FIVE Contest — Spring ’13 The hose squirms in my hands, a fat serpent. Water hits concrete, whirlpools in the blackened chasm, and vaporizes...
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A lone firefighter walked through the deserted street. He saw the playground where he’d run as a boy, and watched for a moment as the swings, faded but intact, swayed in the autumn wind. A yellowed...
View ArticleFIRE IN THE HEART • by Samantha Memi
The woman leapt from the top of the burning building. The flames reddened the faces of the watching crowd. The heat pushed them back. The woman hit the ground. The crowd oooooed. If only I’d been a...
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