issue 49

16 years plus of publication, 49 online issues, 46 print issues (we started as an online only magazine), and now we are in the middle of a hot, dramatic summer of political discourse and fighting.

Don't refleeeeect on the evil of the other side and brilliance of yours. Don't fooollow. Be positive. Be active. Think for yourself. Get up and vote.

Meanwhile, enjoy the seven fabulous stories below, whatever your side is. Flash fiction lives on.

—Mark

Stories

Dorian Gray, by Hugh Behm-Steinberg

A Spilled Chalice, An Unfastened Cincture, A Broken Cross, by Jan Elman Stout

What They Are Doing, by Eric G. Wilson

Door Frames, by Julian Edney

Trace, by L. N. Holmes

The Short Story of Luis, by Thomas Sanfilip

The Bottom of Your Shoe, by Michaela Elias