Marías at Sampaguitas
Flash Fiction by Anita Goveas
Evolutionary strategies Fariah started taking her lunch outside onto the narrow concrete balcony, unable to chew her parathas while...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jan 13, 20205 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Sea Sick Rosalie had been having a reasonably fine day before her four-year-old daughter vomited in her lap. Rosalie had suggested to...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Nov 17, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Rebirth in Yellow Have you ever watched how, in early September, the leaves turn yellow? I used to think it was an early autumn, a gift....
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Nov 3, 20193 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Birthday Flowers For Mom “Do angels have a birthday?” Naamah asks while braiding her thick sable hair in bed. Satan pauses, frowning. He...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 30, 20194 min read
Flash Fiction by Lucy Zhang
Quality of Life Andy hates his job. He hates that his coworkers, supposedly holders of computer science degrees, fail to write the most...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 20, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction by April Frances Federico
“I love that. LOL” “I love that. LOL,” I type with the pads of my fingertips until my body is thrown to the passenger side of my car and...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 2, 20195 min read
Flash Fiction by Paul Robert Mullen
tw: sensitive content, vulgar language Provincial Town Taxi Rank They came out of the shadows of a side street, through the swathes of...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Sep 3, 20193 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Through the Dark Woods I have always related to Faust, even when someone can look at him and tell he's an idiot. Why drink in the nectar...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Aug 19, 20192 min read
At a Café in Arles After Sunset by Grace Beilstein
(Inspired by “Café Terrace at Night” by Vincent Van Gogh) It’s late, and I’ve watched the street fill with that honey-moonshine light,...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 31, 20194 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Transgression When out-of-town children ask my gender, I tell them I’m a witch. –Charlie Bondhus 2013 If they had any identity at all, it...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 23, 20191 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Andromeda She found sea monsters to be kinder when her mother and father anchored her to the cliff with chains—her body bowed and strung,...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jun 30, 20193 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Ghosts Anatole set his pen down. He had expected the baby to quiet once Rosalie went to him, but nothing of the sort happened. After a...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jun 27, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction by Juliette Sebock
As Simple As Flowers "Do you have the time?" Lina looked up from her salad and book to see her colleague standing over her left shoulder....
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jun 15, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Temptation When they went past the palace portcullis, like Orpheus, Persephone looked back. "Somehow, I don't think a pomegranate tart...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jun 1, 20195 min read
Flash Fiction by Eileen Tabios
Aesthetics in the Dictator’s Aftermath I. Once upon a time, I thought Poetry is a fairy tale. From that delusion, I came to stand in...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jun 1, 20193 min read
Flash Fiction by Adaeze I.
Moon Exploring After dinner with her siblings, Ngozi walked up the carpeted stairs of her house, gripping the rail with semi-drowsiness....
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 30, 20195 min read
Flash Fiction by Tami Orendain
Caretaker Arms brimming with groceries and textbooks, Maria allowed herself a deep, profound sigh just outside her own apartment. And...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 30, 20196 min read
Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
Aftermath It’d gotten cold again, and after Linda joined her, Rachel studied. She was doing something. Being someone. She was giving up,...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 29, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction by Niki Baker
The Man in the Mirror Kaye stands naked before him as she has so many times before, vulnerable and afraid. Surrendering herself to his...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 28, 20191 min read
Flash Fiction by Amy Barnes
Spin the Bottle Before There was no romantic kiss at the station. The sky stood a uniform grey, sentinel the day he left. His suitcase...
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