This microfiction charts the journey of a girl overwhelmed by expectations as wildfires rage around her.
Untimed: A Flash Fiction Collection
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Minutes can pass in the blink of an eye. Or eke by slowly, second-by-second—it all depends on your perspective. In the summer flash fiction collection "Untimed", Girls Write Now mentees strip down memorable moments into their essentials beats, capturing time with the pen before releasing it again.
COLLECTION CURATED BY MORAYO FALEYIMU. FEATURED ART DESIGNED BY MORAYO FALEYIMU.
Subway Creep
![Galia Shkedi](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10172725/Galia-Shkedi.png)
An evocative piece of flash fiction meant to draw the reader into the author’s encounter with a so-called subway creep.
Summer
A short story I wrote about one of my favorite memories from summer that blurred into my favorite dreams.
Memory
A young girl’s father attempts to help her remember her mother’s voice.
Concepts
This piece is a series of vignettes that are able to either read as one or stand-alone. Each one carries an emotion that is specific to its content.
The March of Yellow Butterflies
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Two women talk as the world comes to an end.
Evening Distractions
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For this flash fiction exercise, we started with a prompt and edited down to 100 words. I cut out words that didn’t hold as much significance to the story, and what’s left was intentionally included to help show the reader instead of telling them.