Flash Fiction

Russian Women Stuff by Leesa Cross-Smith

Listen to a reading of “Russian Women Stuff” by Leesa Cross-Smith.

After Charlie and I broke up, he dated two

December in Berlin and the girls taste of glühwein and rolled cigarettes. I fix a poinsettia to her hair. She

Listen to a reading of “Buzzard” by Ben Drinen.

I coasted down the dirt road on my piece of shit

Listen to a reading of “Out at Shellmound” by William Lusk Coppage.

Before Grandpa died he showed me his scars

Had Daddy known the number of strangers who would put a hand to my belly and show how a bush

Health Benefits

I have never taken Lithium but I’ve taken Lamictal and Trileptal and Lexapro and maybe Prozac—I was dizzy

In a meth lab in the Ozarks they make banana pudding like the devil and make me eat it every

Listen to a reading of “On Knowing What I’m Doing” by Benjamin Roesch.

Someone had modified a Stratocaster to look

Listen to a reading of “Things To Remember” by Penn Stewart.

I like to say things worked out for me,

Moop awoke to a flimsy knock on his cabin door. He opened to find some trout carrying a stream.