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Tara L. Masih is the editor of the newly released Rose Metal Field Press Guide to Writing Flash Fiction. Her introduction provides the first comprehensive history of the short short or flash fiction form. Tara publishes in multiple genres, including fiction, poetry, non fiction essay, and author profile. To read our wonderful interview, click here.

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Wednesday, Godzilla Takes a Nap

Nothing goes right, and deep in the recesses of his spine, where he houses his second brain, he knows he’s getting old.

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AND THE KNIFE SAYS

You’ll need rainproof

Something ribbed for that.

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You Can’t Quit Me Baby: A Poem in Derived Text

she’s always alarmed
at boxes and closet doorways
since yellow eyes are sisters to shadows,
attached to furry arms
carrying headaches and bags
filled with children’s teeth