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BioZine Flash Fiction
Listed below are recent additions to our collection of flash fiction. We accept fiction promoting alternate or futuristic living paradigms addressing the challenges of overpopulation and degradation of the earth.
Returning
Beth Alderman
The warm lopers scurry. They buzz, bite and burn. They terrify the others. They make fires that now and then escape and turn on them. I am lucky…
Continue ReadingLonging to Rest
Beth Alderman
I simply can’t remember. It seemed impossible to forget. But when the snow covered the ground I lost my nut meats. Some of my nuts were near trees…
Continue ReadingThe Sun Sleeps
Beth Alderman
I dance. They smell it. They know that the food plague has taken another clan. We will wait a little until they are weaker…
Continue ReadingThe Tree
Beth Alderman
The old man has been watching the tree for several days now. He is the best in the village at knowing when a cedar has the vitality – then resilience – to give bark fibers for clothing.
Continue ReadingA Raven’s Nest
Beth Alderman
Many things can be told, more can be shown. When I talk to my familiar, he listens. When I show and talk he understands. He can tell and he can show.
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