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The June 2017 issue of Flash Fiction Online.Fantasy, science fiction, horror, and literary short fiction for the modern reader. The short stories in this issue are all about choices and their consequences. Some lead to family, some to love, and some to loss.
First, in “Touching Strangers” by C E Aylett, a woman and her husband choose to take a risk-filled journey to a new life.
Next, Frances Pauli’s hero faces some dire consequences for past choices at the hands of a dragon in her poignant tale, “Owning the Dragon.”
Then, from returning FFO author, Lora Gray, a hauntingly beautiful story about the struggle between choosing what is right over the very essence of self, “Water like Air.”
Last up, our reprint of the month, “Spring Thaw,” by G L Dearman. Originally published in the Iron Writer Challenge 2016, “Spring Thaw” tells the story of a man who finally chooses not to be broken.