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Flash Fiction Online’s September 2025 issue is a meta-fictional exploration of how literature and words shapeshift when authors engage in conversations with the works that have come before them.
Stories this month include:
“Silence, in the Doorway, with a Gun” by Nadia Radovich
“The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or The Grandchild’s First Dragon” by Guan Un
“Yet Another Unforgettable Luncheon” by Leo Rein
“Out of Print” by Wen Wen Yang
“Emerald Gears” by Beth Goder
“The Things You Bought for the Robot” by Stefan Alcalá Slater, and
“The Forest Through the Teas” by Wendy Nikel.
Cover art for this issue is “Monday Toss Up” by Alexa Guariglia.
Flash Fiction Online is a digital magazine for flash fiction stories from both established and emerging writers. We look across all styles and genres (literary & speculative) for a delicious mix of interesting characters, tantalizing plots, and wonderful world-building. Flash fiction might be small, but each piece packs an entire story arc into only a thousand words or fewer.