James Grinwis

After assembling and putting on most of my own equipment, I coaxed the dog from cowering in the hold with a bowl of bacon and latched the buoyancy compensator, balloon mask, and fins to his trembling frame. “Don’t worry, Kip,” I encouraged, “the first step is always the ... Full Story

Jennifer Pieroni

A Bunch of People Got Lucky with Quick Fiction at the latest installment of the Dirty Water Reading Series. Sponsored by Quick Fiction, Redivider, Fringe, and Black Ocean, the Dirty Water Reading Series is held quarterly at Grub Street HQ. On Sunday March 16 the editors hosted Get Lucky, a St. ... Full Story

Kelly Spitzer

Kelly Spitzer: You have been writing powerful flash fiction for five years now, in which time your work has been published, or is slated for publication, in Spork, RE:AL, Denver Quarterly, Cranky, and here in Quick Fiction, among numerous other journals. Now you have a chapbook, Laughter, ... Full Story, Comments (6)

Szilvia Molnar

I used to call her My oh my because she was the girl that braided her hair with yours and she was the one that woke up in the morning with grass stains on her ankles and dew on her shoulders. In high school she came up to me and grabbed me by the arm. We walked up the stairs that led to the ... Full Story, Comments (3)

Kimberly Sanfeliz

Who says size doesn't matter? In the Boston Public Library's current exhibit, "Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures, it certaintly does. And the smaller, the better. The exhibit is homage to these tiny texts. Measuring a maximum of three inches in ... Full Story, Comments (6)