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Bruce Owens Grimm

Inventory of a Haunted House, No. 4 Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. Queer Desire Are you brave enough to spend the night in...

Ceridwen Hall

Volumes Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. Since a journey tends to breach—to hone—silence via distance, it’s difficult not to animate the sky,...

Shawna Ervin

Lockdown Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. It is the second week of school, the eighth day of hot classrooms in August in...

Rick Campbell

Parable of the Forest Pygmy Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. There’s a story about a forest pygmy who’s taken (not by force,...

Chip Scanlan

My Favorite Dessert Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. My older sister, Sharon, waits until I climb upstairs to bed. I am nine,...

Anne Gudger

Leaves in the Hall Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. “I’m Annie, Maria’s mama,” I told the second grader as we stepped out...

Heather D. Frankland

Dangle Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. The purple earrings, so dark they almost blend into my hair, but light enough to catch...

Susan Olding

Root word: *ghredh- Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. ingress The scream pierces the walls, shakes the windows, rattles the roof. You’re folding clothes...

Andrew Bertaina

The Old Road I don’t want to read another story about two people divorcing, about the way things break down, a missed coffee date, a missed...

2020 Flash Nonfiction Contest

Sweet is thrilled to announce its fourth annual Flash Essay Contest. Broadly speaking, we appreciate a close attention to language and a quirky sense of humor,...

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