issue 66

This issue of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing. Bundle it up in 500 words or fewer, add pizzazz (we tend to overuse that word), and you’ve really got something. Here’s what we’ve got in issue 66:

a woman on Thanksgiving brings the latest guy over for scrutiny

some angry neighbors and what they’re angry about

a wife’s past, which rest of the family passes by

how to handle a drunk mom, take 1

an artist’s troubled romance from spring to fall

what happens on the ride home after a dance lesson

how to handle a drunk mom, take 2

a twisted relationship seen through monocular vision

a woman dreams about sex dreams

a heroin fix and something more from a stranger

the intertwined life of a psych tech and his patient

the consequences of semelparity

how to handle a drunk mom, take 3

ejection

the lure of the corvine life

not-so-rapturous existence

a whale of a tale

an interview with a flash fiction author focused on maternity and childhood

an interview with a flash fiction author with a touch of strange

a review of a story collection about the traps women try to avoid