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FLASH

Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.

LEGIONELLA BACTERIA, by Zoé Mahfouz

December 16, 2024

WE DON’T TALK, by Tracie Adams

December 16, 2024

YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS WITCHCRAFT, by Eden Royce

December 16, 2024

TESTIMONY, by Connor Fisher

December 16, 2024

YELLOW, by Jeffrey G. Moss

December 16, 2024

THE BODY SHOP, by Jessica Klimesh

December 16, 2024

BECAUSE AT LEAST WE DRINK FRESH ROAST, by Coleman Bigelow

December 16, 2024

GOD’S LOVE IS TWO WOMEN FROM A QUILTING GUILD IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, by Kiely Todd Roska

December 16, 2024

CATSUIT by Cameron MacKenzie

September 22, 2024

PRECIOUS THINGS by A.L. Gordon

September 22, 2024

HER HEART WAS A CHIPMUNK by Michael Czyzniejewski

September 22, 2024

ANOTHER WEEK LEFT OF GRAND ROUNDS WITH DR. WEBBER by Luanne Castle

September 22, 2024

ONO CHICKEN by Micah Grotegut

September 22, 2024

THREE FLASH ON MOTHERHOOD by Cassie Burkhardt

September 22, 2024

TRICH by Amanda Gaines

September 22, 2024

GUARDING THE NEST by Lori Miller Kase

September 22, 2024

CREATION MYTHS by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

June 24, 2024

GETTING OUT by Robert Garner McBrearty

June 24, 2024

FLAME by Kate E. Lore

June 24, 2024

VOICEMA[LE] TO MYSELF by Ash Trebisacci

June 24, 2024

TRASH by Rick Andrews

June 24, 2024

SMALL WORDS by Anna Tomasulo

June 24, 2024

WE LAUGH by MaxieJane Frazier

June 24, 2024

BAD LOVE JR. by Mike Itaya

June 24, 2024

SALT PAINT by Claudia Monpere

March 25, 2024

THREE MICROFICTIONS by Kathryn Silver-Hajo

March 25, 2024

A CONSTELLATION OF ERRORS by Sophie Nunberg

March 25, 2024

HOW TO DRINK ENOUGH WATER IN WARTIME by Rebecca Entel

March 25, 2024

ALL THAT WAS NOT THERE… by Sven Birkerts

March 25, 2024

ANGELA by Federico Escobar

March 25, 2024

THREE FLASH PIECES by Matthew Guenette

December 26, 2023

TWO MICROS by Kelli Short Borges

December 26, 2023

RECIPE FOR VIABLE ZYGOTES by Beth Broome

December 26, 2023

TRANSPORTED by Sue Mell

December 26, 2023

FOUR MICROFICTIONS by Jeff Friedman

December 26, 2023

TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY by Patricia Flaherty Pagan

December 26, 2023

MOM AND THE OTTERS by Meg Pokrass

December 26, 2023

SELF-TAUT by Chelsey Clammer

September 29, 2023

IT’S A MOTHER THING by Anne Anthony

September 28, 2023

HEADED OUT WEST by Will Musgrove

September 28, 2023

NOBODY TELLS YOU ANY OF THIS by Jessica Klimesh

September 28, 2023

THE OTHER DRUMMER by Jeff Ewing

September 28, 2023

OLD WOMAN BEARING FRUIT by Susan Barr-Toman

September 28, 2023

AN UNNAMED ESSAY by Samantha Padgett

AN UNNAMED ESSAY by Samantha Padgett

June 28, 2023

LIFT by Mikki Aronoff

LIFT by Mikki Aronoff

June 28, 2023

THE RIDE by Sarah Myers

June 28, 2023

RE-MARK THE BODY, BUT KNOW IT IS LITTLE MORE THAN KINDLING by Jennifer Popa

June 28, 2023

OUR HANDS TOO SMALL by Jody M Keene

OUR HANDS TOO SMALL by Jody M Keene

June 28, 2023

MARK MY WORDS by Christine H. Chen

March 29, 2023

church by Erin Pesut

March 29, 2023

MAGIC WINDOW by Anne Panning

March 29, 2023

SHAPES by Meg Pokrass

March 29, 2023

BULLY BOYS by Gay Degani

March 29, 2023

MEDITATING IN HELL by Megan E. O’Laughlin

March 29, 2023

INVENTORY by Nicholas Claro

December 12, 2022

LINE COOK: A LOVE STORY by Madeleine Barowsky

December 12, 2022

THE PRIZE FIGHTER by Lyn Chamberlin

December 12, 2022

2020 APRIL by James LaRowe

2020 APRIL by James LaRowe

December 12, 2022

LET’S LICK IT by Amanda Hadlock

LET’S LICK IT by Amanda Hadlock

December 12, 2022

MOSAIC FOR MY MOTHER by Emily Hoover

MOSAIC FOR MY MOTHER by Emily Hoover

December 12, 2022

THE TUMMY BRIDGE by Andrea Marcusa

December 12, 2022

THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Sarah Freligh

THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Sarah Freligh

December 12, 2022

IMPACT by Lisa Lanser Rose

December 12, 2022

A CONTENTED SUN RISES by Joe Alan Artz

A CONTENTED SUN RISES by Joe Alan Artz

December 12, 2022

LOVE OF YOUR LIFE by Kris Willcox

LOVE OF YOUR LIFE by Kris Willcox

December 12, 2022

HIRAETH by Paul Joseph Enea

HIRAETH by Paul Joseph Enea

December 12, 2022

IN-LAWS by Laura Tanenbaum

December 12, 2022

DARK MATTER by Meredith McCarroll

December 12, 2022

THE EGG by Dawn Miller

December 12, 2022

WHALE CRATERS by K. T. Moore

WHALE CRATERS by K. T. Moore

December 12, 2022

SAFFRON AND BROWN SUGAR by Christina Simon

SAFFRON AND BROWN SUGAR by Christina Simon

December 12, 2022

YOU SLEEP UPSTAIRS by Ron Tobey

YOU SLEEP UPSTAIRS by Ron Tobey

December 12, 2022

THE TALE OF MOLLY GRIMM by Janet Burroway

THE TALE OF MOLLY GRIMM by Janet Burroway

December 12, 2022

THE PERSON FALLING HERE by Theo Greenblatt

THE PERSON FALLING HERE by Theo Greenblatt

December 12, 2022

INCENDIES by Fannie H. Gray

INCENDIES by Fannie H. Gray

December 12, 2022

WHEN WE KNEW HOW TO GET LOST by Sabrina Hicks

WHEN WE KNEW HOW TO GET LOST by Sabrina Hicks

December 12, 2022

PEACOCKS by Andrew Stancek

PEACOCKS by Andrew Stancek

December 12, 2022

EIGHTEEN by Alison Sanders

September 26, 2022

MARILYN MONROE LETS THE LIVESTOCK IN by Emma Brankin

MARILYN MONROE LETS THE LIVESTOCK IN by Emma Brankin

September 26, 2022

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN TETRA by Dan Shields

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN TETRA by Dan Shields

September 26, 2022

ENOUGH FISH by Josh Krigman

ENOUGH FISH by Josh Krigman

September 26, 2022

DEBT OF A DAUGHTER by Devon Raymond

September 26, 2022

PET PIRANHAS & DREAM OF PARAKEETS, two micorfictions by Jeff Friedman

September 26, 2022

DRUNKDADDY by Francine Witte

June 24, 2022

PLAYHOUSE by Tess Kelly

June 24, 2022

IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED, LOVE by Meg Pokrass

June 24, 2022

DR. WILLIAM’S FAMILY FIX-U SHOP by R. C. Barajas

June 24, 2022

THE DRIVE HOME by Will Musgrove

June 24, 2022

CONFESSIONS OF A CARELESS CABBAGE PERSON by Jamie Nielsen

June 24, 2022

LIFE IS TOO SWEET FOR THIS LEVEL OF IDGAF by Timothy Boudreau

June 24, 2022

DECADENCE, ’94 (SOUTHERN) by Damian Dressick

June 24, 2022

SHADOW WATER by Rosemary Jones

June 24, 2022

EVEN IN THE DARK by Cristina Trapani-Scott

March 25, 2022

SKATE HAVEN by Amy R. Martin

March 25, 2022

WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE STUCK by Louella Lester

March 25, 2022

WHEN YOU’RE THE CONTORTIONIST by Candace Hartsuyker

March 25, 2022

ABLATION by Lisa Lebduska

March 25, 2022

WALKING ON THE FURNITURE by Jessica Klimesh

March 25, 2022

WE WERE NOT SO BIG by Windy Lynn Harris

March 25, 2022

CLEANING HOUSE by Andrea Lynn Koohi

December 20, 2021

THE UNDERSIDE by Eric Scot Tryon

THE UNDERSIDE by Eric Scot Tryon

December 20, 2021

A PLACE OF COMFORT by Eliot Li

December 20, 2021

ENOUGH by Margaret MacInnis

December 20, 2021

MAKING A CAKE by Grace Kennedy

MAKING A CAKE by Grace Kennedy

December 20, 2021

LITTLE FEET by Gabriella Souza

December 20, 2021

PAS DE DEUX by Lori Sambol Brody

December 20, 2021

THE TRUTH by Cassie Burkhardt

THE TRUTH by Cassie Burkhardt

December 20, 2021

SPONTANEOUS BUNGEE JUMP IN SWITZERLAND by Cassie Burkhardt

SPONTANEOUS BUNGEE JUMP IN SWITZERLAND by Cassie Burkhardt

December 20, 2021

INHOSPITABLE by Virginia Eggerton

INHOSPITABLE by Virginia Eggerton

September 23, 2021

STINGRAY by John Cullen

STINGRAY by John Cullen

September 23, 2021

OUR FATHERS by Sarah Freligh

OUR FATHERS by Sarah Freligh

September 23, 2021

THE OREGON TRAIL by Mike Itaya

THE OREGON TRAIL by Mike Itaya

September 23, 2021

A FEW NECESSARY HOUSEHOLD RULES FOR SYBIL by Gay Degani

A FEW NECESSARY HOUSEHOLD RULES FOR SYBIL by Gay Degani

September 23, 2021

JUMPING OFF THE END OF THE WORLD by Kimm Brockett Stammen

JUMPING OFF THE END OF THE WORLD by Kimm Brockett Stammen

September 23, 2021

TELL ME HOW TO BUILD AN AUDIENCE WHILE YOU MOVE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS LIKE SERPENTS & SCARVES IN THE DARK OF A CATTLE RANCH by Kelly Gray

TELL ME HOW TO BUILD AN AUDIENCE WHILE YOU MOVE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS LIKE SERPENTS & SCARVES IN THE DARK OF A CATTLE RANCH by Kelly Gray

September 23, 2021

MODERNA by Nikolaj Volgushev

MODERNA by Nikolaj Volgushev

September 23, 2021

THOUSAND-WATT SMILE by Kathryn Silver-Hajo

September 23, 2021

THANKSGIVING BIRD by Suman Mallick

THANKSGIVING BIRD by Suman Mallick

September 23, 2021

TWO STUDENTS WALK INTO A BAR by Sara Davis

September 23, 2021

NAMED by Alex Juffer

September 23, 2021

29 REASONS WHY THERE WILL BE NO REPLY by Chelsey Clammer

September 23, 2021

EVER GIVEN by Sara Davis

EVER GIVEN by Sara Davis

June 30, 2021

AN UNFULFILLED DREAM by Anika Pavel

AN UNFULFILLED DREAM by Anika Pavel

June 29, 2021

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by Christine Muller

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by Christine Muller

June 29, 2021

MICE by Meg Pokrass and Rosie Garland

June 29, 2021

GIRL ON FIRE by Courtney Thorne-Smith

June 29, 2021

SPONGE BATH by Tracy Rothschild Lynch

June 20, 2021

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LEPIDOPTERA by Lorette C. Luzajic

March 29, 2021

FISH FEEL NO PAIN by Michelle Renee Hoppe

March 29, 2021

WEBSITE INSECURITY QUESTIONS by David Galef

March 29, 2021

PANDEMIC MOTHER’S DAY, STOKOE FARMS, UPSTATE NEW YORK by Anne Panning

March 29, 2021

CHERRY BOMB by Todd Clay Stuart

March 29, 2021

Looking up

LOOKING UP by Sarah Berger

March 29, 2021

Pink Lobster

THE LOBSTER by Gabby Capone

March 29, 2021

WE’VE WAITED FOR VACCINES by Rebecca Entel

March 29, 2021

Darlene Eliot

CATCHING AIR by Darlene Eliot

December 18, 2020

SUNRISE by Steve Gergley

December 18, 2020

Neil J. Suit author photo

House of Mirrors by Neal J. Suit

December 18, 2020

B Bilby Garton author photo

AURAL by B. Bilby Garton

December 18, 2020

TRUCKIN’ by Meg Pokrass and Aimee Parkison

December 18, 2020

K.S. Lokensgard author photo

FIVE WAYS THE WORLD ENDS by K. S. Lokensgard

September 29, 2020

INTERVAL by Sue Mell

September 29, 2020

THE YEARS GO BY IN SINGLE FILE by Roberta Beary

September 29, 2020

Steve Chang Author Photo

TRIPTYCH by Steve Chang

September 29, 2020

Susan Frith

WELCOME CENTER (Some Notes for Our Visitors) by Susan Frith

September 29, 2020

Susan tacent author photo

ENGAGED by Susan Tacent

June 29, 2020

NORTHWEST STALKER by Jan Stinchcomb

June 29, 2020

DON’T WORRY by Charles Holdefer

June 29, 2020

GRAB, SNATCH by Michelle Ephraim

June 29, 2020

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT by Brenna Womer

June 29, 2020

TO LIFT US UP WHEN WE ARE FALLEN by Leonard Kress

June 29, 2020

HARD TACK by Jamie Alliotts

June 5, 2020

Kim Magowan author photo

CHICKEN FOR TWO by Kim Magowan

March 29, 2020

Uma Dwivedi author photo

HOW TO COMB SOMEONE’S HAIR by Uma Dwivedi

March 29, 2020

Vanessa Saunders author photo

EXCERPT FROM ‘THE FLAT WOMAN’ by Vanessa Saunders

March 29, 2020

Matthew Tyler Boyer, author photo

EMPTY PARKING LOT by Matthew Tyler Boyer

March 29, 2020

Neeru Nagarajan author photo

CLOSET by Neeru Nagarajan

March 29, 2020

Amy Kiger-Williams author photo

THE SUBSTITUTE by Amy Kiger-Williams

March 29, 2020

TWO FLASH PIECES by Savannah Slone

December 29, 2019

WELCOME TO MY GALLERY OF GENUINE LOOK-ALIKES by Anne McGouran

December 29, 2019

NO REST, NOT HERE by Connor Goodwin

December 29, 2019

THE GREATEST LANDSCAPE HE HAD EVER SEEN by César Valdebenito, translated by Toshiya Kamei

December 29, 2019

TOAD by Marianne Villanueva

December 29, 2019

COAXING LIFE FROM DEAD MAN’S FINGERS by Keygan Sands

December 29, 2019

REDUX by Kim Magowan

December 29, 2019

BELLECASTLE STREET by Anna Oberg

December 29, 2019

A SATURDAY MORNING EMAIL TO MY FRIEND: FIRST DAY OF MY VACATION, NOT WITH YOU by Mary Senter

December 29, 2019

LARCHMONT CHARTER MIDDLE by Matthew Greene

December 29, 2019

LINES SO SHARP by Tommy Dean

December 29, 2019

SWINGERS by Alex Behr

December 29, 2019

BUS PLUNGE, AN OTHER OPERA by Jude Vivien Dexter

December 29, 2019

BRINGING DEAD FRIENDS INTO CONVERSATION by Corey Miller

December 29, 2019

IT’S GHOST TIME AGAIN by Francine Witte

December 29, 2019

Nicole Rivas

DUNCAN by Nicole Rivas

September 16, 2019

Michael Zimecki author photo

How to Boil a Child by Michael Zimecki

September 16, 2019

TINY THINGS by TALEEN A. SHALEH

September 16, 2019

Joshua Shaw author pic

TWO FLASH PIECES by Joshua Shaw

September 16, 2019

Judy benesh author photo

HOW TO (TRY TO) BE CUTE by Julie Benesh

September 16, 2019

Jason Emde

POSTCARD FROM A JAPANESE BOXING GYM by Jason Emde

September 16, 2019

Vivien Cao author photo

THE PASSENGERS by Vivien Cao

September 16, 2019

LIVE FOREVER by Stephen Wack

September 16, 2019

Meg Pokrass author photo

WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS by Meg Pokrass

September 16, 2019

STREET SONG by David Moran

June 3, 2019

Arya F. Jenkins Author photo

SEED by Arya F. Jenkins

June 3, 2019

Tory Lord O'Neill author photo

TWELVE by Tory Lord O’Neill

June 3, 2019

Micah L. Thorpe author photo

THE VULTURE by Micah L. Thorp

June 3, 2019

DEAR ZUCK, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS by Graham Oliver

June 3, 2019

Chelsea Stickle author photo

WE’RE NOT ALLOWED OUTSIDE by Chelsea Stickle

June 3, 2019

TEN RURAL by Chila Woychik

June 3, 2019

DAISY’S BOY by Allison Dreier

June 3, 2019

TWO FLASH FICTIONS by Mercedes Lawry

March 27, 2019

BECAUSE I LOVE HER by Erica Plouffe Lazure

March 27, 2019

ALL THE CHINESE FOOD IN THE WORLD by Sue Mell

March 27, 2019

NEUTRALITY by Yasmina Din Madden

March 27, 2019

SHIFTLESS by Jason Irwin

March 27, 2019

THE HOUSEKEEPER by Sydney Smith

March 27, 2019

DARK HALLWAY by Jacqueline Doyle

March 27, 2019

FENCE by Michelle Geoga

March 27, 2019

TWO FLASH PIECES by Francine Witte

December 4, 2018

TALENT AND LUCK by Yaki Margulies

December 4, 2018

PENCIL ME IN by Hannah Harlow

December 4, 2018

HUMAN HYDROPONICS by Isabel Theodore

December 4, 2018

Valerie Fox author photo

TWO FLASH PIECES by Valerie Fox

December 4, 2018

ICEBERGS by Leslie Pietrzyk

December 4, 2018

BARCELONA ON A SATURDAY by Nicole Baute

December 4, 2018

DAVID BOWIE AND THE SPACE MOTORBIKE by Eleanor Levine

September 5, 2018

TAKING THE BAIT by Ben Morris

September 5, 2018

ONTOLOGY OF FATHERHOOD by Luke Wortley

September 5, 2018

TWO FLASH PIECES by Abbigail Yost

September 5, 2018

TELL ME I’M DIFFERENT by Madeline Anthes

September 5, 2018

KEYS by Kim Magowan

September 5, 2018

THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE OF A GRIEVING WOMAN by Jennifer Todhunter

September 5, 2018

WHILE THE IPHONE WAS IN RICE by Jennifer L. Hollis

September 5, 2018

CREATIVITY SCHOOL by Jeff H.

September 5, 2018

THUNDER IN THE RAINDROP by Samuel Lieb

September 5, 2018

BOYFRIENDS FOR MASOCHISTS, OR DON’T DATE A POET UNLESS YOU’RE SEEKING KARMIC LESSONS by Beth Bilderback

September 5, 2018

COOP by David Nolan

June 6, 2018

THE BONE PLATE by Jacqueline Gabbitas

June 6, 2018

DESTIN by Ron Riekki

June 6, 2018

NUMBERS by Joshua Wetjen

June 6, 2018

THE AUGUST TEMPLES by Jennifer Solheim

June 6, 2018

BEING THE MURDERED ACTRESS by Cathy Ulrich

June 6, 2018

BARREN by Lynn Oseguera

June 6, 2018

Nick Kolakowski

A HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IN NINE SCENES by Nick Kolakowski

June 6, 2018

THE BODY THAT ENSURES SURVIVAL by Erin Blue Burke

June 6, 2018

DISCONNECTED by Hedia Anvar

June 6, 2018

THE CAT APOCALYPSE by Mariah Gese

June 6, 2018

I AM NOT JEREMY LIN by Christina Sun

June 6, 2018

LADIES’ NIGHT by Erin Pienaar

June 6, 2018

TEETH by Claire Stamler-Goody

March 22, 2018

VACATIONING AFTER THE DIVORCE by Jessica Lampard

March 22, 2018

BLUE BOY by Joseph Bathanti

March 22, 2018

REFLECTING by Youssef Helmi

March 22, 2018

SENESCENCE by Jonathan Cardew

March 22, 2018

SHAFT by A.E. Weisgerber

March 22, 2018

PULP by Jules Archer

March 22, 2018

SPLINTER by Susan G. Bouchard

March 22, 2018

FILTER FEEDING by Ploi Pirapokin

March 22, 2018

TWO FLASH PIECES by Taylor Lorenzo

March 22, 2018

MISVENERATION OF THE SAINT OF LOST THINGS by Nikki Stavile

March 22, 2018

TWO FLASH PIECES by Fabio Morábito translated from the Italian by Curtis Bauer

December 15, 2017

FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO MANITOBA by Sylvie Bertrand

December 15, 2017

LABELING by Yuki Yoshiura

December 15, 2017

FIVE STARS by Marie Baleo

December 15, 2017

FINNISH BLACK BREAD by Eric Wilson

December 15, 2017

WAITING FOR THE GLUE TO HOLD by Lorri McDole

December 15, 2017

STORM WATCH by Greg Jenkins

December 15, 2017

EXIT STRATEGIES by Lise Funderburg’s Id as told to Lise Funderburg

December 15, 2017

EVERY DAY WITH HER (NEW YORK CITY, 1982) by Michael Backus

September 15, 2017

TWO FLASH PIECES by Mercedes Lawry

September 15, 2017

EXCERPTS FROM SISTER ZERO by Nance Van Winckel

September 15, 2017

TWO FLASH PIECES by Leonard Kress

September 15, 2017

WE ARE ALL HUMAN, EVEN ON THE SOUTH LAWN IN 1972 by Heather Bourbeau

September 15, 2017

THE BUGGY by Reggie Mills

September 15, 2017

64 SALMON by Becca Borawski Jenkins

September 15, 2017

I GREW A MAPLE TREE by Christopher Rodrigues

September 15, 2017

WHEN TWO BROTHERS ARE THE SAME AGE by Alex Eaker

June 7, 2017

STILL LIFE WITH CARBURETOR by Christopher Rosales

June 7, 2017

FIVE THINGS by Victoria-Lynn Bell

June 7, 2017

ONE MINIATURE GAMEBOOK by Drew Knapp

June 7, 2017

THE CATALOG PEOPLE OF 1978 by Joshua Jones

June 7, 2017

FOR EVERY TOWN A WITCH by Kristin Bonilla

June 7, 2017

IN THE ARMS OF AN ELECTRIC EEL by Anna Keeler

June 7, 2017

WILD HARES by Hillary Leftwich

June 7, 2017

THE DIRT BENEATH HER PLANTS by Tara Isabel Zambrano

June 7, 2017

THE FIRST TIME by Sara K. Bennett

June 7, 2017

WHILE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE TO A REMOTE AREA OF MICHIGAN, I ATTEMPT TO CONVINCE YOU TO BUY A TINY KNOCKDOWN HOUSE UNDERNEATH THE EL by Krys Malcolm Belc

June 7, 2017

TWO FLASH PIECES by Marc Harshman

March 22, 2017