Issue 1 - Weekly Showcase 5
Wherein we highlight some flash fiction you might have missed!
It’s time for another weekly showcase of our contributors’ work from Frazzled Lit, Issue 1. This week, we’re focusing on flash fiction, and have chosen four stand-out pieces by:
Theresa Ryder
Gary Finnegan
Derville Quigley
Kerry Byrne
The Next Man
Tom waded ankle-deep, grimacing against the cold water seeping into his boots. Thick wool socks soaked and snatched his skin. No point moaning, Manning would tell him he was lucky he had socks.
Unnatural Selection
Soup, primordial. Genetic pearls on a string, making copies and copies and copies. Mistakes, naturally, some bad, some good.
The simple life, a bunch of flowers, salmon/beef.
The Baby Lobster
When you come off the metro it’s an unassumingly long walk to the office. My laptop bag was sliding off my shoulder. I tried to adjust the strap and when I looked down, I couldn’t believe the sight of a small red lobster on the pavement below.
and Counting
It is 43,200 seconds and at least three secrets until the man sleeping next to her returns from work and dumps his dirty boots in the freshly mopped cloakroom.