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Bare Fiction Prize 2016 Results

Make sure you get Issue 9. Subscribe now and receive free digital editions of all back issues. This is the third year of running the Bare Fiction Prize and once again our first, second and third p... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Focal Dystonia by Olga Wojtas

Olga Wojtas

Focal Dystonia by Olga Wojtas I have a memory of rewriting the future. Not in a target-setting way, such as I’ll be married by 25, be earning £50,000 by 30, have four children by 40. And not in a g... Read More...

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Contents: Issue 8 – August 2016

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Issue 8 Contents Bare Fiction Magazine Issue 8 Poetry | Fiction | Theatre Published September 9th 2016 Buy your copy now or subscribe to get three issues in print or digital editions, pl... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Gills by Gary Budden

Gary Budden

Gills by Gary Budden 2012 If you eat yourself, is it cannibalism? There’s a perception that Islington is indelibly middle-class, well-mannered and nice. That’s true of certain parts and ... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Counting Backwards to Truly Awake by A.J. Huffman

A.J. Huffman

Counting Backwards to Truly Awake by A.J. Huffman I fall asleep in the hands of a clock that ticks backwards. I find the counter motion comforting as I regress into dreams of the past (sometimes eve... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: The Last of Michiko by Mandy Huggins

Mandy Huggins

The Last of Michiko by Mandy Huggins Highly Commended in the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2015 Every evening Hitoshi kneels on a blue cushion in the doorway that leads out to the garden. He... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: Hettie by David Lea

David Lea

Hettie by David Lea Highly Commended in the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2015 I was never that keen on sex. I mean, it was all right, but the earth never moved for me, really. I mean I didn... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: The Mill on the River Drewenz by Peter Justin Newall

Peter Justin Newall

The Mill on the River Drewenz by Peter Justin Newall 3rd Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2015 In Barczewo the gypsies are playing music today, says Kallweit. They have a master fi... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: The Whittling of Animals by Maggie Veness

Maggie Veness

The Whittling of Animals by Maggie Veness 2nd Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2015 Kept ya kids outa sight and ya trap shut whenever Charlie come home lookin mad. Served him suppe... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: The Lesson by Eleanor Hooker

Eleanor Hooker

The Lesson by Eleanor Hooker Winner of the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2015 When Brother John lumbers into class on Monday morning, the boys sit straight at their desks. They measure his m... Read More...

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Bare Fiction Prize 2015 Results

Robert Harper

Make sure you get Issue 7. Subscribe now and receive free digital editions of all back issues. The first, second and third prizewinners in each of the three categories will be published in the Spr... Read More...

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Flash Fiction: 10:59:59 by Christopher North

Christopher North

10:59:59 by Christopher North Third Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Flash Fiction 2014 fluorescent tubes were flickering in the executive suite. The central gutter had backed up half its length... Read More...

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Bare Fiction Prize 2016 Results

Flash Fiction: Focal Dystonia by Olga Wojtas

Contents: Issue 8 – August 2016

Flash Fiction: Gills by Gary Budden

Flash Fiction: Counting Backwards to Truly Awake by A.J. Huffman

Flash Fiction: The Last of Michiko by Mandy Huggins

Flash Fiction: Hettie by David Lea

Flash Fiction: The Mill on the River Drewenz by Peter Justin Newall

Flash Fiction: The Whittling of Animals by Maggie Veness

Flash Fiction: The Lesson by Eleanor Hooker

Bare Fiction Prize 2015 Results

Flash Fiction: 10:59:59 by Christopher North

Poetry: Letters to Brazil by Paul Stephenson

Poetry: Wooden doll, total being by Jenna Clake

Poetry: There’s chaos in my cornflakes by William Griggs

Short Story: Sandgrown by Sarah Brooks

Flash Fiction: Growing Things by Wendy W. Ralph

Short Story: The Old Rehearsal Rooms by Clare Weze

Bare Fiction Prize 2017 Results

Contents: Issue 10 – November 2017

Contents: Issue 9 – April 2017