JUNE 2025 – BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
Ten Days After Grandma’s FuneralBy Roberta Beary Mom tells me to go to the A&P for filet of flounder. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is about to start. She can hear the theme music. And she know…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
Ten Days After Grandma’s FuneralBy Roberta Beary Mom tells me to go to the A&P for filet of flounder. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is about to start. She can hear the theme music. And she know…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
Corey Farrenkopf Congratulations to Corey Farrenkopf from Brilliant Flash Fiction. Roofing in Warm Weather (Brilliant Flash Fiction, September 30, 2024) will be included in the 2025 Best Small Fict…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
GRADUATION DAYBy CC King A four-by-six color photograph of my father and me staring out over the field behind the gymnasium at my high school. The picture was taken in San Jose the day of my gradua…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
File a ReportBy H. A. Eugene One warm summer evening a boy had the bejeesus scared out of him by an object hovering in the night sky that was bigger than the mountain it loomed over, and emanated a…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
NOTHING ELSE TO LOVEBy Pamela Painter This room is supposed to assist me in living but it is a sorry sight. Lumpy bed. Lumpy chair. Potty chair. Bed. TV. Hate TV. Dresser with two drawers too hard to open. Nothing in them anyway. Bed. Did I say bed? Bed. A squeaky walker as chatty as … Continue reading SEPTEMBER 2024| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
Brilliant Flash Fiction 10th Anniversary Fundraiser TENacity, our 10th anniversary anthology, is now live on Amazon and Smashwords! Print version: $12, available on AMAZON eBook version: $7, availa…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
Modern LoveBy David Waters I lock the door, hike up my dress, roll down my pantyhose, and perch on the toilet in the bathroom of Ed Dwyer’s Victorian townhouse. I look around. The only bright color…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
TENacity Brilliant Flash Fiction 10th Anniversary Anthology Congratulations to the 42 writers whose stories will appear in our upcoming anthology. Stories were selected by our editors from 472 subm…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
SofteeBy Elizabeth Gassman Anthony arrived in his truck on a Tuesday in June. It was the summer I learned to shave my legs. I was working the register at Bodiddley’s market, where I had to wear a s…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
This month we feature the winners of our Pop-Up Writing Contest, who submitted stories for the prompts “Melting Icicles” and “Cold Wave.” The winning authors are Cath Barton…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
Many, many thanks to the 40 writers who donated at least $10 to participate in the Brilliant Flash Fiction pop-up writing contest. We received 27 entries and BFF editors chose four stories to appea…| BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION
