An excerpt from her recently published book about walking Te Araroa A dewy frost coats the ground and tunnel webs spun...

This month, in addition to the stories from Aotearoa New Zealand for Matariki, we also introduce stories and poems...

An interview with founding collectors Robert Shapard, Tara Lynn Masih, Robert Scotellaro, Pamela Painter and Tom...

Panelists Christopher Allen, SmokeLong Quarterly (Germany), is the author of the flash fiction collection Other...

Contributors Best Microfiction 2020 Steven John’s writing has appeared in Pithead Chapel, Bending Genres, Spelk,...

This year’s judges for the adult competition were Sandra Arnold and Helen Heath. Thank you for sharing comments on the...

After the second major earthquake in Christchurch in 2011, I wrote a short story to capture some of the horror through...

This month, we caught up with Napier poet Jeremy Roberts to talk about character-building (in story and real life / in...

Zana Bell: Gill, I was surprised when I first learnt you were writing romance - I'd never thought of you as a romance...

A look at guest editor Sandra Arnold's new collection and a conversation with James Norcliffe. Interview James...

Judges' Report Eirlys Hunter and Gail Ingram There were 63 youth entries this year, some straightforward, others...

Siobhan Harvey and Lloyd Jones   Highly Commended The Visitors   This is an entry we kept returning to. It...

This month, we asked the 2019 NFFD youth short-listed writers to illustrate their stories in colour... Simon Brown,...

This growing honeycomb is a whole of many parts whose purpose is to stitch together a cross-section of life as...

This is the symbol of the Breath of the Compassionate – "An-Nafas ar-rahmani”. Of the ninety-nine knowable names of...

I make spectacular one-of-a-kind beaded art necklaces and bracelets. Many people have remarked that they look like...

Contents Mark Crimmins on 'Saint Jean' Emma Neale on 'Turn' Kari Nguyen on 'Bloom' Renee Liang on 'Puku' Simon Chun...

Our Québécois neighbor kept a concubine next door in one of the university apartments called The Motel. Fifty-six...

Tingatinga paintings are part of the Ndonde mural art tradition. The Ndonde people decorate their huts with various...

An introduction to the artist, from his official biography Lionel Smit is considered one of South Africa’s most...

This was back in ninety-six, a mere two years after democracy. Struggling to find work in archaeology (that’s what you...

This month, we asked five talented youth writers to share their worlds and their writing. Four of these young writers...

Kristin Fouquet attempts to convey a story with each photograph. New Orleans, with its rich culture, music, and...

Writer Zoë Meager in converations with Flash Frontier editor Sam Averis. Sam Averis: Early in your flash ‘Plaster...

a short short essay about the short short stories found in Cosmo A magazine is the holder of short sharp objects,...

floodwaters, tinderboxes and a bear In 2004, hurricane Ivan hurtled toward New Orleans. We evacuated. My family and I...

How can I explain the many ways living in New Orleans has influenced my writing? To say it’s a city steeped in...

I love words that lean in more than one direction at once. ‘Yield’ is one of those excellent, very old English...

Flora and fauna? I flicked through the contents of ‘Night Horse’ to see what I could find. There were plenty of...

Contents Interview: Rata Ingram, SIWA flash fiction competition winner Verus Amicus Cognoscitur – Rata Ingram That’s...