Careful what you put in this stocking! Check out "Baby" by @andreagoyan.bsky.social#FlashMonsterthemolotovcocktail.com/vol-13/flash...
Baby by Andrea Goyan My great-great-grandmother knitted the Christmas stocking for her unborn child while sailing here from the old country. She miscarried during the voyage, gifting the ocean her tin...
ICYMI - You gotta read "How to Establish Cordial Relations with Your Cephalopod Neighbour," 3rd place #FlashMonster@maireadwrites.bsky.socialthemolotovcocktail.com/vol-14/flash...
How to Establish Cordial Relations with Your Cephalopod Neighbour by Mairead Robinson A giant squid has moved in next-door and the walls are whisper-thin. He plays techno and raves, a flummoxing splas...
"While she’s eating, I gently brush and plait her hair. It used to be Amy’s job, something she loved until she couldn’t bear the sound of bloodless scalp pulling free." - "A Whisper of Before" by @therelphian.bsky.social#FlashMonsterthemolotovcocktail.com/vol-14/flash...
A Whisper of Before by JP Relph I hate how time leaves tracks on Nellie’s flesh. Barely a year, but the change is terrible. Her frigid skin ravaged by fernlike brown veins. I miss how she used to be...
Happy to see my name on Molotov Cocktail’s Flash Monster Contest Shortlist Shout-outs! 😲🧟♂️ Thank you @molotovlitzine.bsky.social#flashfiction#flashmonster#monster#halloween
Flash Monster 2023 results are now live! Emails going out within the hour. Mega-issue drops in 12 hours at the stroke of midnight (Pacific) on Halloween. Thanks to all who entered this year's contest! themolotovcocktail.com/2023/10/30/f... @mlenoirbond.bsky.social
Time for the big reveal... You knew we'd be back. After a hiatus most of the year to deal with the horror of being "a ghost driving a meat-covered skeleton," we couldn't be happier to return to this w...
#FlashMonster results are in! Congratulations!
Flash Monster 2023 results are now live! Emails going out within the hour. Mega-issue drops in 12 hours at the stroke of midnight (Pacific) on Halloween. Thanks to all who entered this year's contest! themolotovcocktail.com/2023/10/30/f... @mlenoirbond.bsky.social
Time for the big reveal... You knew we'd be back. After a hiatus most of the year to deal with the horror of being "a ghost driving a meat-covered skeleton," we couldn't be happier to return to this w...
We've got our #FlashMonster Top 10 locked in! Check back at noon Pacific time on Monday, Oct 30th for full results. Issue runs on Halloween!
Halloween's in 7 days! Check out "The Lamppost Huggers" by @allthosestrings.bsky.social#FlashMonsterthemolotovcocktail.com/about/archiv... "For as far as I can see in both directions, people of all ages cling to lampposts like lovers during a last dance. "
The Lamppost Huggers by Christopher Stanley It’s six-thirty on a slush-wet Wednesday morning and I’m the only person at the bus stop who isn’t nervous. Other commuters stare, mouths open, absent...
#TheMolotovCocktailLitZine#FlashMonster stories 👹 There’s a strong top 14. This is where we reread, reread, reread and discuss, take more notes, discuss more and so on…never easy, this part. Good luck to everyone!
