issue 62

Here it is, our spring issue for 2023! Granted, it hits the stands when summer's almost here, but we're not into narrow labeling. We're also aware that "hits the stands" is as old-fashioned as "stop the presses," but "appears online" just doesn't have the same ring to it from an era when bells mattered more than they do now. In contrast, the stories in this issue are timely and vital. They include, in no hierarchical order:

speaking to the dead with a Ouija board

reading till the end of life and beyond

a woman who slowly becomes one with nature

the view of a family breakup from a car

two brothers, an old man, and a gun

marking time by the coming of the herons

an AI who gives a human a story prompt

life after marrying an old man

encountering fate, Frank, and a fish tank

building a Lego mansion for the family

odd turns in a fairy tale

this man deals in twos of everything

a wife who turns her husband into a tree

the date from hell, with grace notes from Star Trek

calculating the return on investment in a relationship

interviews with flash fiction writers Tania Hershman, John Jodzio, and Tucker Leighty Phillips

a review of what many regard as the one of the best flash fiction books of the year, Best Microfiction 2023

Please also take a look at our list of recent flash fiction books. If you've come out with a book in the last few years, by all means let us know.

David Galef

Editor in chief