flash non fiction

28 days of flash — 20 of 28 “She’s hard to get to know,” they say behind my back, and awkwardness extends from that reality like slips of ribbon that tie around my throat, disabling conversations and making me all the more aware of the …

28 Days of Flash — 19 of 28 I hear the first line of Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese in my head — you do not have to be good. You do not have to be good. I do not have to be good. I do not have …

28 days of flash — 17 of 28. A study in second person essay. You’re too comfortable here. TV off. A single lamp creating shadows under the angles of the built-in entertainment center/dresser/desk/wardrobe on the opposite wall of this hotel room, all in varying heights of …

28 days of flash — 15 of 28 — Non fiction essay She’s still here. She’s buried under a clutter of crumpled paper, blank journals, and wasted keystrokes. Her giggles echo amid her whispers as she reads to herself from the dark green books filled …

28 Days of Flash — Non-Fiction #10 of 28 The throng of people on Yosemite’s Mist Trail hear a woman saying something loudly in German to a boy who is leaping around on steps cut into the rocks. Clearly mom has noticed her son is behaving in …