She drinks a chocolate martini. I fold myself up and slide into her pocket. There I join the others. We seven in her pocket talk animatedly about space, travel and the topologies of her breasts. She pays us no mind. We organize an expedition to the opening in her shirt. We want to slide around her skin. We climb carefully in a column. When she brushes us off her hand comes like a storm. Airborne I open myself to her length. My hand hovers just over her stomach. I disappear into details. She drinks a chocolate martini. She does not know my name.
Who’s Flashing?
- Aaron Robertson
- Abby Braman
- Ajay Nair
- Al McDermid
- Alex Lockwood
- Alexandra Pereira
- Aljoscha Lahner
- Andrew Stancek
- Angel Sharum
- Angelique Moselle Price
- Ann Testa
- Annette Rohde
- Barbara-Lucy Hosken
- Beate Sigriddaughter
- Bernard Heise
- Bob Eckstein
- Boudreau Freret
- C.J Rakay
- Catherine Davis
- Catherine Russell
- Cecelia Ronald
- Chad Smith
- Chelsea Biondolillo
- Cheri Ause
- Cherise Wolas
- Christian Bell
- Christina Murphy
- Christopher Allen
- Claire King
- Coleen Shin
- CS DeWildt
- cubehermit
- D. L. Tricarico
- Damian Pullen
- Darryl Price
- David Ackley
- David Ohlerking II
- Dawn Armstrong
- Deborah A. Upton
- Derek Ivan Webster
- Derin Attwood
- Doris Dembosky
- Dorothee Lang
- Doug Bond
- Duncan Smith
- Eddie Kirsch
- Elizabeth Irvine
- Elizabeth J. Colen
- Elizabeth Jameyson
- Elizabeth Kate Switaj
- Erik Knutsen
- Erin Zulkoski
- Eryk Wenziak
- Estelle Bruno
- Finnegan Flawnt
- Frank Rasky
- Fred Osuna
- Gabriel Orgrease
- Garrett Socol
- Gary Percesepe
- Georgina Kamsika
- Gill Hoffs
- Glenn Blakeslee
- Grant Farley
- Greg Dybec
- Grey Johnson
- Guy Yasko
- Harley May
- Heather Taylor
- Helen Vitoria
- Holly Day
- J. Bradley
- Jana Heise
- Jane Banning
- Jane Hammons
- Jeffrey Miller
- Jen Knox
- Jen Rose
- Jennifer L. Tomaloff
- Jeremy Kargon
- Jessica McHugh
- Jessie Peacock
- Jill Chan
- Joanne Jagoda
- Jodine Derena Butler
- John Riley
- John Sheirer
- John Wentworth Chapin
- JP Reese
- Kait Mauro
- Karla Valenti
- Kaston Griffin
- Katherine Nabity
- Katie Welch
- Kelly Grotke
- Kevin Balance
- Kevin Myrick
- Kim Hutchinson
- Kim Pollard
- L. J. Prewett
- Lauri Martin
- Leah Brennan
- Len Kuntz
- Libby Daniels
- Linda Simoni-Wastila
- Lola Elvy
- Lou Freshwater
- Lynn Beighley
- Maggie Sokolik
- Manja Gattner
- Marcus Speh
- Mark Waldrop
- Marquita Cabrera
- Martha Williams
- Martin Brick
- Martin Porter
- Matt DeVirgiliis
- Matt Potter
- Matthew A. Hamilton
- Matthew Dexter
- Maude Larke
- Meg Pokrass
- Meg Sefton
- Meg Tuite
- Melissa Chadburn
- Melissa McEwen
- Michael Dickes
- Michael Parker
- Michael Solender
- Michael Webb
- Michelle Elvy
- Michelle Fuller
- Michelle McEwen
- Michelle Ong
- Mike DiChristina
- Molly Bond
- Murray Dunlap
- Nathan Alling Long
- Nicole Cartwright Denison
- Nicolette Wong
- Peggy Landsman
- Peter Larsen
- Peter Schwartz
- Piet Nieuwland
- Quenby Larsen
- R.G. MacLeod
- Ramon Collins
- Randal Houle
- Rick Daddario
- Robert Vaughan
- Roberta Lawson
- Roger Grey
- Ryder Collins
- Salvatore Buttaci
- Sam Rasnake
- Sara Lippmann
- Shann Palmer
- Shayla Hawkins
- Shelagh Power-Chopra
- Sheldon Lee Compton
- Solveig Mardon
- Stacy Allen
- Stella Pierides
- Stephanie Trembath
- Stephen Harutunian
- Stephen Hastings-King
- Steven Stucko
- Susan Gibb
- Susan Tepper
- Talya Jankovits
- Tawnysha Greene
- Thomas O'Connell
- Tina Barry
- Tom Allman
- Vaughan Gunson
- Virginia Watkins
- Walter Bjorkman
- Week #1 – Breadfruit
- Week #2 – Fancy me
- Week #3 – Little worlds
- Week #4 – Cartography
- Week #5 – Lovelies on the beach
- Week #6 – Balance of terror
- Week #7 – Broken camera
- Week #8 – Corrected vision
- Week #9 – Cigarette smoke in the car
- Wk #10 – Union of opposites
- Wk #11 – Red meat
- Wk #12 – Allergic reactions
- Wk #13 – Space camp
- Wk #14 – I can't wait
- Wk #15 – Sleep
- Wk #16 – Busy at work
- Wk #17 – We are not responsible
- Wk #18 – Lucky number
- Wk #19 – The last tme
- Wk #20 – Rivals
- Wk #21 – Unseen
- Wk #22 – The brutality of friends
- Wk #23 – Long lines
- Wk #24 – Tombstones
- Wk #25 – Least favorite
- Wk #26 – Bad haircut
- Wk #27 – Lost in translation
- Wk #28 – The postcard
- Wk #29 – The palm of your hand
- Wk #30 – Urban convert
- Wk #31 – Missed the bus
- Wk #32 – Silence
- Wk #33 – Spontaneous combustion
- Wk #34 – Floating away
- Wk #35 – Loose connections
- Wk #36 – Animal behavior
- Wk #37 – Border town
- Wk #38 – Long distance
- Wk #39 – Password
- Wk #40 – The money's gone
- Wk #41 – Coincidence
- Wk #42 – Under wraps
- Wk #43 – To the core
- Wk #44 – Crowd
- Wk #45 – Broken shells
- Wk #46 – Another world
- Wk #47 – Blind spot
- Wk #48 – Tainted love
- Wk #49 – Cold front
- Wk #50 – Home sweet home
- Wk #51 – Unintended consequences
- Wk #52 – Threesome
- Ziggy Blicharz
- Zoe Karakikla-Mitsakou
Lola, Salmon, Juneau
by Michelle Elvy
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52|250 A Year of Flash · 250 words or less ea. week, for 1 year
52|250 A Year of Flash 
“disappear into details” – my favorite line from this delightful story.
why am i always coming in behind susan? i’ve read and loved this on fnaut and i love it here.
nothing says luck like a chocolate martini, hehe – nice
I’d never heard of a chocolate martini before, but I sure as hell want one now. :)
I’m now getting more visuals with this round of readings. I can almost see these words as captions to cartoons. I think that might be a function of the independence of the sentences which read as if there is other info that is present but not divulged.
nice. thanks for the comments. i thought of this piece as a kind of light thing, a throwaway nearly. but folk seem to like it, so maybe it’s not.
guy: i wanted to work little tiny sentences because the space within which this happens is really small. and the incident in my imagination that started all this was also very small. using the little sentences was a way to stretch it out. plus they made me laugh. hope they do that for you too.
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