In Short – Issue 5 (Spring 2026)

May 31, 2026

“Car Ride” by Tinamarie Cox

Flash 

(1000 words or fewer)

“Champagne and I”  |  Brooke Champagne

“Ingest, Inject, Eat, Absorb”  |  Danielle Harms

“Cosa Nuestra”  |  Diana García

“Ice Season”  |  Erin Ruble

“Children Dream of Malls”  |   Desiree Cooper

Micros

(400 words or fewer)

“Piece Work”  |  Melissa Hung

“My Co-Worker is Fasting for Gaza & I Just”  |  Courtney LeBlanc

“How to Cook for One”  |  Titi Kusumandari

“My Guinea Pig is a Celestial Body”  |  Margaret Dillow

“4.5 Stars Put Down”  |  Caitlin Farrugia

Short-Shorts

(100 words or fewer)

“Broken Things”  |  Callie Dean

“17,200 Kilometres as the Crow Flies”  |  Rachael Mullins

“Uncle John’s Hide And Seek ”  |  D. Doug Mains

Issue 5 Masthead

Editor in Chief  |  Steph Liberatore

Senior Editorial Intern |  Drew Hunter

Editorial Interns | Mya Martin & Josephine Slayter

Readers | Leah Azmi | Cynthia Azujie | Meg Cobb | Joey Conley | Rochelle Harris Cox | Erica Dolson | Deb Fenwick | Llalan Fowler |  Silas Fransen | Serena Grant |  Lyn Hainge |  Shellie Kalinsky |  Elena Macdonald | Chris McGlone | Brittany Miles |  K.R. Mullins |  Suehaila Nabulsi | Camille Rimbawa | Kim Ruff | Spencer Seward | Marcia Yudkin

Contributors