@FlashBackFic

FlashBack Fiction is committed to publishing scintillating historical flash fiction from around the world.

 United Kingdom
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Joined December 2017
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Claudia Monpere@ClaudiaMonpere27 Aug 2024
"She lost a slipper and now hobbled over the stones and mud. But she kept walking. Her hand firmly gripped in her mother’s grasp. Her mother’s fingernails black with dirt. They had just buried the baby by the roadside." Haunting @Susmitatweets @FlashBackFic
Matt Kendrick@MkenWrites21 Aug 2024
A lunchtime thread of #FlashyFaves from one of my favourite litmags @FlashBackFic - first, this brilliantly evocative piece from @Susmitatweets "She kept walking. Though her feet were raw and bleeding she kept walking..." flashbackfiction.com/index.p…

The Partitioning of Dreams

The Partitioning of Dreams by Susmita Bhattacharya She kept walking. Though her feet were raw and bleeding she kept walking. Though her tongue was swollen with thirst and her eyes crusted with tear…

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Matt Kendrick@MkenWrites19 Jun 2024
Featuring pieces from @Dango_Ramen @loki_writes @avramargariti @CardewjCardew @SF_Montgomery @kathyfish @Jonzeywriter @lindzmcleod @peterburns69 @premeesaurus @EtteReview @trampset @lostballoonmag @FlashBackFic @MoonParkReview @havehadhavehad @WaxwingMag @100word_story
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Matt Kendrick@MkenWrites19 Jun 2024
This month's #Mondettes picked by the superlative @summer_moth Ten wonderful flash fictions Ten splashes of analysis Three brilliant prompts mondettes.substack.com/p/jun…
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Jude Higgins@judehwriter25 Jan 2024
Now that the full Wolf Moon is rising tonight , I am posting up my historical flash, of the same name again. Published in @FlashBackFic in 2019. flashbackfiction.com/index.p…

Wolf Moon

Wolf Moon by Jude Higgins Peter is back from the Wyre at full moon with wolf blood on his hands. He says the wolves are denning and he caught more cubs today, their feet sticky in the pitch he laid…

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Avitus B. Carle (she/her)@avitusbcarle5 Sep 2023
Read Matt Kendrick’s latest post on Substack, exploring all the complexities of voice, whether belonging to the author, narrator, or character. And thank you Matt for using my story, TYN (published @FlashBackFic) as an example of historical voice! flashbackfiction.com/index.p…

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Tyn by K.B. Carle Tyn, a man the color of the coals that collected under his mama’s good cooking pot before turning to ash when the fire got to them, digs his hands deep into the earth, letting eve…

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Mandira Pattnaik@MandiraPattnaik15 Aug 2023
Happy #IndependenceDayIndia May we remember the sacrifices. Re-sharing a story about Cellular Jail/Kaala Paani where one can find hundreds of names engraved on the walls, of people who gave their all. Each name must have been a heart-wrenching story... youtu.be/DO53Sz7uCmI

Short Story Saturday with Mandira Pattnaik: Kaala Paani

@MandiraPattnaikWriter reads her historical fiction flash story "Ka...

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Christine Collinson@collinson2625 Jul 2023
📣 Pre-orders for my historical Flash Collection are OPEN! A Pillow of White Roses, print and digital editions, available from the @EllipsisZine website ✨📚✨
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Christine Collinson@collinson2624 Jul 2023
Thanks to @EllipsisZine for giving ‘A Piecer’s Tale’ a second outing: First published back in 2019 by @FlashBackFic
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D.E. Hardy@DEHardywriter24 Jun 2023
I got an email with this amazing graphic today from @bestmicrofic. What an awesome thing to receive!! Thank you again to the editors, and to @FlashBackFic for being this piece’s first home. 💚💚
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Audra Kerr Brown@audrakerrbrown6 Jun 2023
Thanks to Rob Cline and Iowa Source. Shout outs to @moonrabbitcandy @Wigleaf @NewFlashFicRev @100word_story @FlashBackFic @nancystohlman @grantfaulkner @MWGothic @bestmicrofic @BestSmFictions Igniting a Fire for Flash Fiction iowasource.com/2023/06/05/au… via @fuel_themes

Audra Kerr Brown: Igniting a Fire for Flash Fiction - Iowa Source

Audra Kerr Brown keeps her stories short—very short. A writer of flash fiction, Kerr Brown has a knack for offering up a striking image, a memorable turn of phrase, and a sense of setting steeped in...

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Barbara Diggs@bdiggswrites1 Mar 2023
So honored to see that my beloved micro “Grandaddy at War” was a finalist for #Bestofthenet! Grateful to the judges, @FlashBackFic for the nom, and @sfreligh in whose class it was born! 🥳
SundressPublications@SundressPub28 Feb 2023
The 2023 Best of the Net is LIVE! Check out this year's winners, finalists, and more! Our deepest gratitude to this year's judges, readers, and staff. This is very much a labor of love, and we love you all! bestofthenetanthology.com/
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Frances Gapper@biddablesheep14 Feb 2023
so happy to be a tiny part of this - @taniahershman has done (and continues doing) an amazing job!
FlashBack Fiction - on a break in 2023@FlashBackFic14 Feb 2023
We’re thrilled to see our 2 micro comp winners - @biddablesheep & @JoWithers2018 - in this brilliant collection of prize-winning flash. Support fuel poverty charities & fire up your own writing🔥: buy your copy here: taniahershman.com/wp/fuelfla…
Cover image of Fuel: an anthology of prizewinning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty.

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Jo Withers@JoWithers201814 Feb 2023
So, so happy to be part of this collection in support of fuel poverty charities ⛽
FlashBack Fiction - on a break in 2023@FlashBackFic14 Feb 2023
We’re thrilled to see our 2 micro comp winners - @biddablesheep & @JoWithers2018 - in this brilliant collection of prize-winning flash. Support fuel poverty charities & fire up your own writing🔥: buy your copy here: taniahershman.com/wp/fuelfla…
Cover image of Fuel: an anthology of prizewinning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty.

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Brecht De Poortere@brecht_dp31 Jan 2023
For those of you writing flash, you can use my new database to look at which journals have been most successful in @Wigleaf Top 50, @BestSmFictions and @bestmicrofic brechtdepoortere.com/ranking…
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James Montgomery@JDMontgomery_7 Jan 2023
‘I think we are cursed and it’s the wolves who take my babies because he takes theirs.’ This is the first time I’ve read this @FlashBackFic story from @judehwriter and it broke my heart. So beautifully written. Don’t miss it! 🐺
Jude Higgins@judehwriter6 Jan 2023
It’s full moon tonight — Wolf Moon. My story published in @FlashBackFic flashbackfiction.com/index.p… is about the culling of wolves in the 13th century U.K. A Wolf cull is underway in Sweden at the moment with campaigners against it, fighting on theguardian.com/environment/…

Wolf Moon

Wolf Moon by Jude Higgins Peter is back from the Wyre at full moon with wolf blood on his hands. He says the wolves are denning and he caught more cubs today, their feet sticky in the pitch he laid…

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Jude Higgins@judehwriter6 Jan 2023
It’s full moon tonight — Wolf Moon. My story published in @FlashBackFic flashbackfiction.com/index.p… is about the culling of wolves in the 13th century U.K. A Wolf cull is underway in Sweden at the moment with campaigners against it, fighting on theguardian.com/environment/…

Wolf Moon

Wolf Moon by Jude Higgins Peter is back from the Wyre at full moon with wolf blood on his hands. He says the wolves are denning and he caught more cubs today, their feet sticky in the pitch he laid…

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Stained Anthology Out Now! (Querencia Press)@AFlo202021 Dec 2022
Congratulations to Stained contributor Claire Loader on her Beat Small Fiction nomination!
FlashBack Fiction - on a break in 2023@FlashBackFic20 Dec 2022
Replying to @FlashBackFic
And finally, a round of applause for our fabulous @BestSmFictions nominees, @nanopausa, @salaylay_c, @LourdesMackey, @authorsudha and @msloader! 🎉
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Elou Carroll 🍂 is querying 🍂@keychild20 Dec 2022
And again, I am so very grateful. 🖤🦉 There will never be enough thank yous to cover it.
FlashBack Fiction - on a break in 2023@FlashBackFic20 Dec 2022
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Next, a hearty well done to our superb @bestmicrofic nominees, @nanopausa, @MandiraPattnaik, #StruanGow, @keychild @DEHardywriter and #LitaKurth! 🎉
Parchment paper background with decorative scroll, containing the following text: FlashBack Fiction Best Microfiction Nominations 54.7754° N, 31.7890° E, April of 1940 - Slawka G. Scarso Kaala Paani- Mandira Pattnaik RRS Discovery - Struan Gow I Am Held in the Hands of God Who Is Named Walter Potter - Elou Carroll What We Believed - D. E. Hardy The Revolutionary's Brother - Lita Kurth

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Elou Carroll 🍂 is querying 🍂@keychild20 Dec 2022
Eeee! I'm so pleased. This is by far the strangest and possibly the riskiest thing I have ever written. I feel empowered to write more strange things. Thank you @FlashBackFic for your faith in my weird taxidermy owl story. 🦉🖤
FlashBack Fiction - on a break in 2023@FlashBackFic20 Dec 2022
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First up, congratulations to our brilliant @PushcartPrize nominees, @DEHardywriter, @nanopausa, @JHammons, @keychild and @salaylay_c! 🎉
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D.E. Hardy@DEHardywriter20 Dec 2022
Thank you, @FlashBackFic!!!! And congrats to my fellow nominees. xoxo
FlashBack Fiction - on a break in 2023@FlashBackFic20 Dec 2022
Replying to @FlashBackFic
First up, congratulations to our brilliant @PushcartPrize nominees, @DEHardywriter, @nanopausa, @JHammons, @keychild and @salaylay_c! 🎉
Parchment paper background with decorative scroll, containing the following text: FlashBack Fiction Pushcart Nominations What We Believed - D. E. Hardy 54.7754° N, 31.7890 ° E, April of 1940 - Slawka G. Scarso Samyukta - Sudha Balapogal Oklahoma (1888) - Jane Hammons I Am Held in the Hands of God Who Is Named Walter Potter - Elou Carroll This is not a story about my grandfather - Salena Casha

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