Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, FridayFlash

Our Best Small Fictions Nominations 2024

It is a pleasure to announce Litro’s nominations for the annual Best Small Fictions anthology. Congratulations to this year’s nominees. Continue Reading Our Best Small Fictions Nominations 2024

by Litro Magazine • January 13, 2024January 13, 2024

Fiction, FridayFlash

He Heard the Book Giveth Wisdom and Ate It

Quirkiness meets tradition amidst the whimsical chaos of Mierenhoop’s Fête de l’Âne, with Olivia, Santa the donkey, and a reluctant Uncle Ryan. A festive flash fiction. Continue Reading ...

by David Sherman • December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

Fiction, FridayFlash

Invisible Wings

Family trauma, China’s turbulent history, and the specter of death. ‘Invisible Wings’: a tale of survival, resilience, and magic. Continue Reading Invisible Wings

by Kevin Brown • December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

Fiction, FridayFlash

Pinnacle

Experience the chilling beauty of ‘Pinnacle’ as winter’s grasp embraces high peaks, stirring reflections on life’s seasons. A stirring piece of flash. Continue Reading Pinnacle

by Francis Flavin • December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

Arts & Culture, Fiction, FridayFlash

To Live in a Name

Dive into a world where the floor turns to snow, and auroras light up the sky. Lekha’s winter dreamscape unfolds in a tale of friendship, longing, and self-discovery. ...

by Devaki Devay • December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Editor's Pick, Litro #184: Memory, Print Issues

Litro: the Memory Issue #184

Litro’s Summer Issue ruminates on memory: of past relationships, childhoods, and the C-who-shall-not-be-named pandemic of 2020 to 2022. Continue Reading Litro: the Memory Issue #184

by Litro • September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Digital Subscriptions, Litro #184: Memory, Print Issues

René Magritte’s The Banquet

Dorothy Lune's flash piece gives voice to a vibrant René Magritte painting, pushing the boundaries between words and visual arts. To access this post, you ...

by Dorothy Lune • September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Digital Subscriptions, Litro #184: Memory, Print Issues

Other Poetry

N/A Oparah brings us a funny, endearing exploration of the mother-daughter relationship, and the way religion plays a part. To access this post, you must ...

by Ngozi Oparah • September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Editor's Pick, FridayFlash

Demeter Stages an Intervention

Demeter takes Persephone to concerts, cooking classes, pottery lessons. If she keeps throwing new possibilities up in the air like confetti, something will stick. Happiness will get caught under Persephone’s ...

by Pauline Holdsworth • October 7, 2022October 4, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Florida, 1993

They flew into Miami at night and decided to go straight to the hotel. They were both hungry but too tired to look for a place to eat. They had ...

by Leah Browning • May 13, 2022May 11, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Meditations of a Mermaid

This used to be a safe place Continue Reading Meditations of a Mermaid

by Holly Hagman • April 1, 2022March 22, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

The Burning Chill

One day a hole fell into a man. The hole, which had known only cold ground, took an immediate liking to the soft warm insides of the man, while the ...

by Bob Thurber • March 25, 2022March 23, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Means of Conveyance

I can’t remember if the bench was wooden or metal or painted or plastic-coated or anything. Nor how it was structured—slatted throughout? A latticed back? A solid seat? No matter. ...

by Ryan Pollard • March 11, 2022March 12, 2022

Editor's Pick, FridayFlash

WE’RE PROMISED RAIN

Old photographs of a married couple fade away on a living room mantel. Continue Reading WE’RE PROMISED RAIN

by Marty Thornton • May 21, 2021May 21, 2021

FridayFlash

VIETNAMESE GUY AT THE NAIL SALON

The Vietnamese guy at the nail salon asks me how my day’s going. I sit down and smile politely answering proudly in flawless German “alles gut, und dir?” ...

by Francesca Ferrauto • May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

FridayFlash, Interviews, Writing Fuel

A Flash of Inspiration: “It Wasn’t For Me” by Katy Ward

Welcome to Litro’s A Flash of Inspiration series! Once a month we will select a flash fiction or short story submission that we find especially intriguing and run a brief ...

by Christy Hallberg • April 30, 2021January 14, 2022

FridayFlash

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

Tom wasn’t keen, but there was no choice near the jetty before we caught the tour boat. Continue Reading CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

by Litro • April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

FridayFlash

MY LIFE AS THE WIFE OF HARRISON FORD

I was heading toward the frozen-food aisle, my mind filled with visions of chicken nuggets, when I bumped into something — hard. When I turned to see what I had ...

by Robert Fromberg • April 23, 2021April 24, 2021

FridayFlash

OUR TOURIST

Our tourist stood at the street corner. They didn’t know how to get to where they were going and were too scared to ask us for help. The wind blew their ...

by JP Vallières • April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

FridayFlash

EMILY, ANECHOIC

The anechoic chamber lay at the heart of six concrete onion layers, a nesting of rooms within rooms, each room with twelve-inch thick walls. The chamber made no contact with ...

by Litro • April 9, 2021April 9, 2021