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The October 2023 Issue of Flash Fiction Online. Fantasy, science fiction, horror, and literary short fiction for the modern reader.
Bold. Brief. Beautiful.
Fiction in fewer words.
In this month’s issue:
Editorial: The Veil of Shadows – Redefining Monsters in Dark Fantasy by Anna Yeatts
To Slay a Goblin by Dylan Curry
The Constellations of Daughter Death by Lyndsey Croal
Saint Woad and Sister Welwitshcia by Katy Boyer
Ursula the Monster by Chelsea Sutton
Flash Fiction Online offers readers flash fiction stories from more established, award-winning authors and newer writers just emerging in the fiction story-scape. We publish literary, science fiction, fantasy, and horror, in a delicious mix of interesting characters, tantalizing plots, and wonderful world-building.
Flash fiction might be small, but each story packs an entire story arc into only a thousand words or fewer. Whether you call this art form a short-short, a micro-fiction, a drabble, or a smokelong, it spans all genres and literary styles.