LONGINGS
Sal’s parents, especially her father, loved things that were beautiful and expensive. Sal accused him of having lousy values. She...
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Flash Fiction by Eva Eliav
COLD FISH
Ruth remembered the first time someone called her a cold fish. It was the day of the junior prom. She hadn’t felt like going, but...
THE PLIGHT OF PORCUPINES
“Oh, this is precious.” Silence. Joe’s nose is buried in a thick paperback history of Greece. I take a calming breath. “Joe.” Not...
CARRYING A BABY
“Look at the way that woman’s carrying her baby! No softness. No support. Her arm’s hooked around its middle. No wonder it’s bawling.”...
BIRD
Michelle leans towards me across the table. “I obsess about death,” she confides. I sigh. I’m familiar with the problem. “How about...
SKIN DEEP
Erica liked to have work done, nips and tucks. It was impossible to guess how old she was just from looking at her. You would have to...
THE WAR ZONE
The woman’s crushing a phone against her cheek shrieking her anguish. The entire street is listening. We pretend to be deeply engrossed...
THE BIRD ON THE PLATEAU
The skeleton was immense. At first, the bones seemed part of the plateau, hewn from the stone, polished by primitive tools. They glowed...
LABYRINTH
“I have to tell you,” said Jess, “I’m really thrilled.” She was looking as she’d looked every day of the twenty years I’d known her: ...
HUMAN CONDITION
“Last night, I dreamed about my mother. She was wearing a hat made of yellow flowers. It wasn’t sitting on her head, it was snug around...
MUSKOKA
“Remember the night that boy drowned?” said my mother. Well, I did. But I preferred to remember the gingerbread cake with lemon sauce...
CHOCOLATES
“He only left a few,” my mother complained. George and Linda had come by for a visit, bringing a box of chocolates. My mother had...
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