At Fast Forward Press…
What is flash fiction? Here’s one of our favorite examples, published in our fourth anthology, The Incredible Shrinking Story (2011):
“Ashes” by Albert Garcia Elena
Translated from Spanish by Kona Morris
I recall the day that, in kindergarten, we made a clay ashtray for Father’s Day. With a toothpick I wrote the name of mine, Vincent. When I handed it to him, he told me he didn’t smoke, gave me a condescending pat on my shoulder, and tossed it in the trash.
I remember all of this as I throw the cremation box into the first garbage bin I see after leaving the funeral home. I don’t smoke either.
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