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Flash Fiction Online June 2020

Issue # 81
Date of Publication: Jun 1,2020
Editor: Suzanne W. Vincent
In This Issue:
  • DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS | LESSON 10: COMMENCEMENTS by Jason S. Ridler
  • Auntie Cheeks by Renée Jessica Tan
  • Matches, Tower, Sister, Stone by Lora Gray
  • Señor Garcia’s Cold Heart by David Urbina
  • I Am NOT Little Red Riding Hood by S. L. Saboviec
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Suzanne Vincent

Suzanne Vincent is the editor-in-chief of Flash Fiction Online. That’s what people think anyway. Actually, she’s really a pretty ordinary middle-aged woman packing a few extra pounds and a few more gray hairs than she’s comfortable with. As a writer, she leans toward the fantasy spectrum, though much of what she writes is difficult to classify. Slipstream? Isn’t that where we stick stories when we just can’t figure out where else they go? Suzanne’s first professional publication was right here at FFO, published before she joined the staff: “I Speak the Master’s Will,” — a story she’s still very proud of. While she doesn’t actually have time to blog anymore, she once did. You can still read her ancient posts on writing at The Slushpile Avalanche. Suzanne keeps a house full of kids (3), a husband (1), and pets (too many to number) in Utah, USA. Yes, she’s a Mormon. No, there isn’t another wife. Mormons haven’t actually practiced polygamy since the 1890s. Too bad. She’d love to have another woman around to wash dishes and do laundry.

Jason S. Ridler, professional author and historian

Jason S. Ridler

Jason S. Ridler is a writer, historian, and actor. He is the author of The Brimstone Files, and his latest historical work Mavericks of War was called a “visceral read that is also an important piece of scholarship” by Pulitzer-Prize winner Richard Rhodes. He is a Teaching Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and teaches creative writing at Google, Youtube, and for private clients.

Read More From This Author:
  • LAST FXXK TO GIVE: FXXK WRITING (2015-2020)
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS | LESSON 12: SPARKSby Jason S. Ridler
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS | LESSON 11: CONSOLATION PRIZES by Jason S. Ridler
  • DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS | LESSON 10: COMMENCEMENTS
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT — TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS [LESSON 9: DREAMS AND REALITIES]
  • DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS
 – LESSON 7: THE ANALOGY GAME
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT 6 — WHY?
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS [LESSON 4: BE GRATEFUL]
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS [LESSON 3: GET PAID]
  • FXXK WRITING DO IT—TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS | LESSON 2: FOLLOW THE FEAR
  • FXXK WRITING: DO IT 1 — TWELVE LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS IN THE ARTS
  • FXXK WRITING: CAUTIONARY TALE 12 – THE END
  • FXXK WRITING CAUTIONARY TALE 11: SUICIDE AND THE WORKING WRITER
Lora Gray

Lora Gray

Lora Gray is a nonbinary speculative fiction writer and poet from Northeast Ohio. They have been published in F&SF, Strange Horizons and Asimov’s among other places. Lora is also a graduate of Clarion West and a recipient of the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Excellence Award in Fiction Writing. Their poetry has been nominated for the Rhysling Award. You can find Lora online at lora-gray.com.

Read More From This Author:
  • Matches, Tower, Sister, Stone
  • Water like Air
  • Nuclear Daughter
  • The Pieces of Her
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Samantha L. Strong

Samantha L. Strong (formerly S. L. Saboviec) writes dark and beautiful sci-fi and fantasy stories about complicated characters. Like many Elder Millenials, she’d like to become an herbalist and live in an abandoned (and probably haunted) nunnery somewhere far away from people. She loves drawing sigils on everything, growing plants, and playing with her three adorable daughters. You can find more about her writing at SamanthaLStrong.com. Beating the odds against metastatic breast cancer since 2017.

Read More From This Author:
  • I Am NOT Little Red Riding Hood
  • How the 576th Annual Pollen Festival Blossomed My Budding Career
  • Editorial: Love, Life, Freedom

David Urbina

David Urbina is a writer and software developer from the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County. He attended Mt. San Antonio College and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in English with a minor in Creative Writing. .

Read More From This Author:
  • Señor Garcia’s Cold Heart
Renée Jessica Tan

Renée Jessica Tan

Renée Jessica Tan has been published in two short story compilations. Most recently, her short story Baghead was read at the Selected Shorts live show at Symphony Space in New York City.  Renée lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, an illustrator and frequent collaborator, and two cats who are plotting their demise.

Read More From This Author:
  • Auntie Cheeks

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