"Less than an hour on the earth and already his existence is impossible outside of this place that measures his life on two charts: one for vitals, one for billing."

Flash fiction, 100 words.

It's easier to imagine the end of the world

"Let what is lost stay lost. Let those foolish enough to come close to us be torn asunder. When darkness falls, let it be absolute."

Flash fiction, 189 words.

One-Star Google Maps Review of a Rhode Island Lighthouse

"...you feel that ugly beautiful energy when you look at them and it has to come out, come OUT, COME OUT, before you can go somewhere as prosaic as bed."

Experimental, 187 words.

$300 masterclass on how to get rejected by the New York Times' "Modern Love" column

"Make yourselves memorable so the magazines have something to go with. Don't show the faces of the soldiers: show only what they are, what they do; their batons, their rifles."

Flash fiction, 300 words.

Notes from the Counter-Revolution

"We worry that love is just another facet of our desire to consume. I love what you've done with this new furniture. I love these leftovers I scarf out of the fridge at one in the morning. I love you."

Flash, 227 words. Orig. pub.: theNewerYork.

Chas Carey

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