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Flash Fiction Online April 2025

Issue # 139
Date of Publication: Apr 1,2025
Editor: Rebecca Halsey
In This Issue:
  • Editorial: Cleaning Up the Mess by Rebecca Halsey
  • Pracitcal Knitters by Louise Hughes — Release day 04/04/2025
  • Janet and I Try to Get Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts at the Gilbert Rd Super Target. It’s the One in Scottsdale. No, the Other One. The One on Gilbert. by Saul Lemerond — Release day 04/08/2025
  • The Thing About the Castle by David Hammond — Release day 04/11/2025
  • Akane Is Dead by Selphie Ke — Release day 04/18/2025
  • The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Teleporter by M. J. Pettit — Release day 04/25/2025
  • You Have Been Murdered by Andrew Kozma — Release day 04/29/2025
Andrew Kozma

Andrew Kozma

Andrew Kozma’s poems appear in Rogue Agent, Redactions, and Contemporary Verse 2, while his fiction appears in Apex, ergot, and Seize the Press. His first book of poems, City of Regret, won the Zone 3 First Book Award, and his second book, Orphanotrophia, was published in 2021 by Cobalt Press. You can find him on Bluesky at @thedrellum.bsky.social and visit his website at www.andrewkozma.net.

Read More From This Author:
  • The Ecology of the Engineered Oyster
  • You Have Been Murdered — Release day 04/29/2025
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Rebecca Halsey

Rebecca Halsey is the author of the historic romance novel Notes of Temptation. She holds an MFA degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.​ Her nonfiction writing has been a byproduct of her work in the cybersecurity industry where her analysis has covered cybersecurity trends, eCrime threats, hacktivism, and targeted intrusion adversaries worldwide. She has been part of Flash Fiction Online staff off and on since 2016, most recently taking on the roles of Fiction Editor and Publisher. She resides in Maryland with her husband, four children, and a very stubborn Olde English Bulldogge. When she isn’t writing or editing, she is sketching, painting, gardening, and playing video games.

Read More From This Author:
  • Editorial: Cozy as a Mouse Hole (December 2023, Issue 123)
  • Editorial: Possessed (January 2024, Issue 124)
  • Editorial: Trust Fall (February 2024, Issue 125)
  • Editorial: States of Suspension (March 2024, Issue 126)
  • Editorial: The Reversal (April 2024, Issue 127)
  • Editorial: Voice (May 2024, Issue 128)
  • Editorial: Us Versus Them (June 2024, Issue 129)
  • Editorial: Voyage (July 2024, Issue 130)
  • Editorial: Breaking Character (August 2024, Issue 131)
  • Editorial: Westerns and Weather Events (September 2024, Issue 132)
  • Editorial: Imagining a Future (December 2024, Issue 135)
  • Editorial: Fear of the Uncontrollable (February 2025, Issue 137)
  • Editorial: The Collection (March 2025, Issue 138)
  • Editorial: Cleaning Up the Mess (April 2025, Issue 139)
  • Editorial: Grandmas All the Way Down (May 2025)
Louise Hughes

Louise Hughes

Louise Hughes is a northern British time traveller and writer of speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Kaleidotrope, and several other places. She can be found climbing mountains, traversing moors, wandering through forests, and on Bluesky @atrailofleaves.

Read More From This Author:
  • Pracitcal Knitters — Release day 04/04/2025
Saul Lemerond

Saul Lemerond

Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, Saul Lemerond is a dyslexic writer who lives with his wife, their daughter, and their dog, in Madison, Indiana where he teaches at Hanover College. His fiction has appeared in Bourbon Penn, K-Zine, JMWW, and elsewhere.

Read More From This Author:
  • Janet and I Try to Get Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts at the Gilbert Rd Super Target. It’s the One in Scottsdale. No, the Other One. The One on Gilbert. — Release day 04/08/2025
David Hammond

David Hammond

David Hammond lives in Virginia with his wife, two daughters, two dogs, a rat, and a multitude of insects. During the day, he makes websites. His stories have appeared in Grain, Small Wonders, and Space & Time. More of his writing can be found at oldshoepress.com.

Read More From This Author:
  • The Thing About the Castle — Release day 04/11/2025
Selphie Ke

Selphie Ke

Selphie Ke is a small rodent-like creature native to Singapore and currently infesting a house in New South Wales. It is often considered an invasive species that steals local jobs, but it can form symbiotic relationships with other creatures such as chickens, rabbits, and a husband. Its daily activities include such horrific actions as weaving, knitting, and playing with Excel spreadsheets.

Read More From This Author:
  • Akane Is Dead — Release day 04/18/2025
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M. J. Pettit

M. J. Pettit is an undisciplined academic, a longtime reader of short fiction, and an occasional writer of stories. His fiction has previously appeared in Clarkesworld, Diabolic Plots, Nature, and Small Wonders, among other venues. He divides his time between Toronto, Canada and other places. More information about his fiction is available on his website.

Read More From This Author:
  • The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Teleporter — Release day 04/25/2025

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